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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... period . Thus , if somebody borrows number 4 for a brief period , he has to repay a number 5. If the loan is for a longer period , he has to repay a number 6 , or an even higher number , according to the length of the period . There is ...
... period . Thus , if somebody borrows number 4 for a brief period , he has to repay a number 5. If the loan is for a longer period , he has to repay a number 6 , or an even higher number , according to the length of the period . There is ...
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... period . . . ( Ibid . , 8 ) For the time being , however , power in each state was concentrated in the hands of a few large and powerful clans : Most of them were established by segmentation from ruling houses when sons of rulers ...
... period . . . ( Ibid . , 8 ) For the time being , however , power in each state was concentrated in the hands of a few large and powerful clans : Most of them were established by segmentation from ruling houses when sons of rulers ...
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... period , not a single minister belonging to Ch'un Ch'iu ministerial families appears in the records ' ( Hsu 1965 : 89 ) , and rulers were able to regain the power they had lost in the previous period . They were no longer bound by the ...
... period , not a single minister belonging to Ch'un Ch'iu ministerial families appears in the records ' ( Hsu 1965 : 89 ) , and rulers were able to regain the power they had lost in the previous period . They were no longer bound by the ...
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