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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... institutions in terms of efficiency and power . But it is essential to note that the transition from ascriptive to functional institutions does not mean that all the early types of institution simply disappear . What in fact often ...
... institutions in terms of efficiency and power . But it is essential to note that the transition from ascriptive to functional institutions does not mean that all the early types of institution simply disappear . What in fact often ...
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... institutions are perceived as useful by individual people is therefore a necessary but not sufficient condition of the directional properties of evolution ; this can only be explained by the properties of the institutions themselves ...
... institutions are perceived as useful by individual people is therefore a necessary but not sufficient condition of the directional properties of evolution ; this can only be explained by the properties of the institutions themselves ...
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... institutions , and the fact that the same institutions may be adopted for a variety of different reasons . As a result , agriculture , lineal descent , primogeniture , ritual authority , and war leadership , for example , can be ...
... institutions , and the fact that the same institutions may be adopted for a variety of different reasons . As a result , agriculture , lineal descent , primogeniture , ritual authority , and war leadership , for example , can be ...
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