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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... involved in organic evolution ( see , e.g. Crick 1981 : 87 , and the discussions in Moorhead and Kaplan 1967 ) . While evolution is the product of selection as well as variation , selection can only operate if variation can produce ...
... involved in organic evolution ( see , e.g. Crick 1981 : 87 , and the discussions in Moorhead and Kaplan 1967 ) . While evolution is the product of selection as well as variation , selection can only operate if variation can produce ...
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... involved in warfare . Stock raiding was an essential feature of warfare which could not have been achieved by chariots alone , and it therefore seems obvious that the ordinary freemen must have been involved in war , both in stock ...
... involved in warfare . Stock raiding was an essential feature of warfare which could not have been achieved by chariots alone , and it therefore seems obvious that the ordinary freemen must have been involved in war , both in stock ...
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... involved , as E. A. Freeman long ago pointed out ( 1877 : 100-2 ) , and a national parliament did not develop until representative17 institutions were devised in the course of the thirteenth century in particular ( see for example Holt ...
... involved , as E. A. Freeman long ago pointed out ( 1877 : 100-2 ) , and a national parliament did not develop until representative17 institutions were devised in the course of the thirteenth century in particular ( see for example Holt ...
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