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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... Thought showed that it is possible to place some of the major aspects of thought in an evolutionary sequence by applying the conclusions of Piaget and other developmental psychologists to ethnographic data . But while psychology is ...
... Thought showed that it is possible to place some of the major aspects of thought in an evolutionary sequence by applying the conclusions of Piaget and other developmental psychologists to ethnographic data . But while psychology is ...
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... thought we term ' religion ' , but also of the whole range of human imagination with which our ancestors laid , unknowingly , the foundation of vast developments . ( b ) Adaptive aspects of thought There is no doubt that thought is the ...
... thought we term ' religion ' , but also of the whole range of human imagination with which our ancestors laid , unknowingly , the foundation of vast developments . ( b ) Adaptive aspects of thought There is no doubt that thought is the ...
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... thought is less systematic and explicit than the thought of societies such as our own , and therefore in such societies it is very much harder to bring it to any crucial confrontation with the facts , so that it can be shown to be ...
... thought is less systematic and explicit than the thought of societies such as our own , and therefore in such societies it is very much harder to bring it to any crucial confrontation with the facts , so that it can be shown to be ...
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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