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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... warfare that also occur all over New Guinea in areas of low population density as pre - eminence or universality of certain environmental causes of warfare . ' The critics he referred to were myself , and Dr K - F Koch , whose War and ...
... warfare that also occur all over New Guinea in areas of low population density as pre - eminence or universality of certain environmental causes of warfare . ' The critics he referred to were myself , and Dr K - F Koch , whose War and ...
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... warfare to secure more . Materialist explanations of primitive warfare are also prone to a false antithesis between cultural factors ( warfare for prestige and revenge ) and material factors ( warfare for scarce resources ) . On this ...
... warfare to secure more . Materialist explanations of primitive warfare are also prone to a false antithesis between cultural factors ( warfare for prestige and revenge ) and material factors ( warfare for scarce resources ) . On this ...
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... Warfare did , ultimately , reduce Kofyar overpopulation but only through the indirect route of disease . The ... warfare , simply as the result of malnutrition and associated illnesses . In so far as the raiding activities that are ...
... Warfare did , ultimately , reduce Kofyar overpopulation but only through the indirect route of disease . The ... warfare , simply as the result of malnutrition and associated illnesses . In so far as the raiding activities that are ...
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