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Cultural Evolution - The Empirical and Theoretical Landscape (Hardcover)
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Cultural Evolution - The Empirical and Theoretical Landscape (Hardcover)
Series: Evolutionary Analysis in the Social Sciences
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Since the dawn of social science, theorists have debated how and
why societies appear to change, develop and evolve. Today, this
question is pursued by scholars across many different disciplines
and our understanding of these dynamics has grown markedly. Yet,
there remain important areas of disagreement and debate: what is
the difference between societal change, development and evolution?
What specific aspects of cultures change, develop or evolve and
why? Do societies change, develop or evolve in particular ways,
perhaps according to cycles, or stages or in response to survival
necessities? How do different disciplines-from sociology to
anthropology to psychology and economics-approach these questions?
This book provides complex and nuanced answers to these, and many
other, questions. First, the book invites readers to consider the
broad landscape of societal dynamics across human history,
beginning with humanity's origins in small nomadic bands of hunter
gatherers through to the emergence of post-industrial democracies.
Then, the book provides a tour of several prominent existing
theories of cultural change, development and evolution. Approaches
to explaining cultural dynamics will be discussed across
disciplines and schools of thought, from "meme" theories to
established cumulative cultural evolutionary theories to newly
emerging theories on cultural tightness-looseness. The book
concludes with a call for theoretical integration and a frank
discussion of some of the most unexamined structures that drive
cultural dynamics across schools of thought.
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Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Evolutionary Analysis in the Social Sciences |
Release date: |
August 2022 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Kevin McCaffree
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
266 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-211736-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Social issues >
General
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LSN: |
1-03-211736-2 |
Barcode: |
9781032117362 |
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