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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... evidence of any historical change at all ( ibid . , 261 ) ; having no complex social institutions ( ibid . , 260 ) ; and being entirely ordered on the basis of kinship ; thus ' . . . there is good prima facie evidence that all apparent ...
... evidence of any historical change at all ( ibid . , 261 ) ; having no complex social institutions ( ibid . , 260 ) ; and being entirely ordered on the basis of kinship ; thus ' . . . there is good prima facie evidence that all apparent ...
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... evidence , often rejecting much of the available evidence on obscure scientific intuitive grounds as they sought to construct theories that are deep and intelligible . Furthermore , although the creation of new theory is an achievement ...
... evidence , often rejecting much of the available evidence on obscure scientific intuitive grounds as they sought to construct theories that are deep and intelligible . Furthermore , although the creation of new theory is an achievement ...
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... evidence for the belief that his office was seen as having an essential hereditary element . In the opinion of Chaney , the idea of a royal line , a stirps regia , descended from a god ( Woden in particular ) is clearly found in ...
... evidence for the belief that his office was seen as having an essential hereditary element . In the opinion of Chaney , the idea of a royal line , a stirps regia , descended from a god ( Woden in particular ) is clearly found in ...
Inhalt
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