The Principles of Social EvolutionClarendon Press, 1986 - 412 Seiten Dispelling the general assumption that social institutions survive because of their sophisticated adaptive advantages, this ground-breaking work asserts that the commonest customs and institutions may endure because of their very simplicity or as a result of simple human proclivity. Using religious, military, and kinship institutions to illustrate this argument, the author shows that a precise combination of these factors may lead to the emergence of new forms of social evolution. |
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... concept of ' structure ' , and claimed to be presenting a theory of social evolution that was , among other things , ' structuralist ' . The inherent obscurities in the term require clarification ( on a previous occasion I have said ...
... concept of ' structure ' , and claimed to be presenting a theory of social evolution that was , among other things , ' structuralist ' . The inherent obscurities in the term require clarification ( on a previous occasion I have said ...
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... concepts of order and law The concept of law ( Iranian arta , Avestan asa , Sanskrit rta ) , as regulating the course of nature and the social relations of man , was absolutely fundamental to the Indo - European world - view , and ...
... concepts of order and law The concept of law ( Iranian arta , Avestan asa , Sanskrit rta ) , as regulating the course of nature and the social relations of man , was absolutely fundamental to the Indo - European world - view , and ...
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... concept which embraces , by numerous lexical variants , the religious , legal , and technological aspects of " order " ' ( ibid . , 380 ) . The concept of law was part of the ancient Indo - European conception of sovereignty , the first ...
... concept which embraces , by numerous lexical variants , the religious , legal , and technological aspects of " order " ' ( ibid . , 380 ) . The concept of law was part of the ancient Indo - European conception of sovereignty , the first ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Darwinism and Social Evolution | 29 |
The Survival of the Mediocre | 81 |
Urheberrecht | |
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adaptive anthropology aspects assembly associated authority basic basis become belief biological centralized Chapter Chinese clan clear clearly closely competition concept consider course culture dependent descent distinction early economic effective environment especially essential established evidence evolutionary example existence explain fact force forms functions give groups human ibid idea importance increase individual Indo-European institutions involved kind king kinship Konso land less maintain major means military nature necessary noted officials organization origin particular period person political population possible practice Press priests primitive principles problem produce properties reasons refer regard relations relative religious requirements result ritual rules seems selection sense significance simply social evolution social organization society specific status structure success theory thought traits unit University warfare warriors whole