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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... requirements of any society in ways that are not empty and trivial ; the second is to provide adequate criteria for identifying an adaptive or functional trait ; and the third is to explain how groups of people can be expected regularly ...
... requirements of any society in ways that are not empty and trivial ; the second is to provide adequate criteria for identifying an adaptive or functional trait ; and the third is to explain how groups of people can be expected regularly ...
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... requirements ' ( ibid . , 149 ) . Next , he considers the ' structural ' hypothesis that the link between the functional requirements of a society and individual goals is ' the result of the direct influence of existing structural ...
... requirements ' ( ibid . , 149 ) . Next , he considers the ' structural ' hypothesis that the link between the functional requirements of a society and individual goals is ' the result of the direct influence of existing structural ...
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... requirements are low , that man is free to produce social structures that are not dictated by minute adaptive requirements , but which are capable of transmutation into genuinely functional and adaptive institutions when the ...
... requirements are low , that man is free to produce social structures that are not dictated by minute adaptive requirements , but which are capable of transmutation into genuinely functional and adaptive institutions when 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