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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... reasons . The fallacy here is quite obvious , since there is no reason why plunder and land conquest and even extermination should not also satisfy the desire for revenge or glory . And even where material gains are made , the costs in ...
... reasons . The fallacy here is quite obvious , since there is no reason why plunder and land conquest and even extermination should not also satisfy the desire for revenge or glory . And even where material gains are made , the costs in ...
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... reasons than this : for example , cultivation of crops facilitates residence in larger and more permanent settlements than would otherwise be possible , and this may be desirable for a variety of reasons ( see Maybury - Lewis ( 1967 ) ...
... reasons than this : for example , cultivation of crops facilitates residence in larger and more permanent settlements than would otherwise be possible , and this may be desirable for a variety of reasons ( see Maybury - Lewis ( 1967 ) ...
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... reasons we can expect to find that the organization of every society will be based on certain rules and categories of a general nature , and that these will display a fair degree of internal consistency . All this does not occur because ...
... reasons we can expect to find that the organization of every society will be based on certain rules and categories of a general nature , and that these will display a fair degree of internal consistency . All this does not occur because ...
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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