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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... variation ) . In the case of organisms these are quite distinct processes , whereas for societies they are one and the same : individual organisms maintain themselves during their lifetime but , being mortal , can only perpetuate their ...
... variation ) . In the case of organisms these are quite distinct processes , whereas for societies they are one and the same : individual organisms maintain themselves during their lifetime but , being mortal , can only perpetuate their ...
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... variation , whether the source is an organism , a society , or some kind of learning machine . In other words , orthogenesis would reappear . And once this was possible , the organization of variation might have an importance equal to ...
... variation , whether the source is an organism , a society , or some kind of learning machine . In other words , orthogenesis would reappear . And once this was possible , the organization of variation might have an importance equal to ...
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... variation is not a direct response to environmental conditions ; the environment is not itself changed by new variations in the organism ; and the appearance of one variant form will not affect the probabilities of other variant forms ...
... variation is not a direct response to environmental conditions ; the environment is not itself changed by new variations in the organism ; and the appearance of one variant form will not affect the probabilities of other variant forms ...
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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