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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Christopher Robert Hallpike. present we may simply note that the unpredictability of future adaptiveness cannot ... simply epiphenomena of other and more basic social processes . In social terms something may be common because it is ...
Christopher Robert Hallpike. present we may simply note that the unpredictability of future adaptiveness cannot ... simply epiphenomena of other and more basic social processes . In social terms something may be common because it is ...
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... simply misleading to use the organism / environment analogy since , as we have already noted , this presupposes that the environment is unchanged by the ' adaptation ' of the organism . When we are trying to explain intersocietal ...
... simply misleading to use the organism / environment analogy since , as we have already noted , this presupposes that the environment is unchanged by the ' adaptation ' of the organism . When we are trying to explain intersocietal ...
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... simply the necessary result of the search for excellence . 7 It might be supposed that the selection of civil servants by written examination which was established under the Han dynasty ( the earliest certain date is 165 BC ) was a ...
... simply the necessary result of the search for excellence . 7 It might be supposed that the selection of civil servants by written examination which was established under the Han dynasty ( the earliest certain date is 165 BC ) was a ...
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