The Principles of Social EvolutionDispelling 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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Page 22
... importance of the interaction between different aspects of society ( such as the infrastructure and the superstructure ) in giving direction to evo- lution , are more endogenist in type than those of ' vulgar materialism ' , which ...
... importance of the interaction between different aspects of society ( such as the infrastructure and the superstructure ) in giving direction to evo- lution , are more endogenist in type than those of ' vulgar materialism ' , which ...
Page 173
... importance of the age - grading system in their social organization . The age system is of least importance among the Nuer , but is clearly of great importance in Dinka society where the installation of new age - sets is under the ...
... importance of the age - grading system in their social organization . The age system is of least importance among the Nuer , but is clearly of great importance in Dinka society where the installation of new age - sets is under the ...
Page 256
... importance in many early states . According to Claessen , ' . . . trade played a definite role in all the [ 21 ] states . In thirteen cases it appeared to be of great importance , and in eight cases was found to be minor importance ...
... importance in many early states . According to Claessen , ' . . . trade played a definite role in all the [ 21 ] states . In thirteen cases it appeared to be of great importance , and in eight cases was found to be minor importance ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Inheritance and variation | 47 |
Competition and cooperation | 56 |
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adaptationist adaptive agriculture Anthropology aspects assembly associated basic basis belief biological Bodde Borana cattle centralized China Chou Claessen clan competition concept Confucian conquest core principles culture descent groups Dinka distinction divination E. E. Evans-Pritchard East Cushitic languages East Cushitic society economic elaborate elders ensete environment essential Ethiopia Evans-Pritchard evidence evolutionary example existence functions gada system Galla guilds Hallpike Hamer human ibid idea importance inclusive fitness individual Indo-European Indo-European society Indo-Iranian institutions irrigation Jimma Karimojong king kinship Kofyar Konso land large numbers leadership lineage London military nature Nuer officials particular patrilineal political authority population population density priests primitive society properties relations relationship religion religious ritual rulers sacred sacrifice seems selection settlement Shang Sidamo significance social evolution social organization social systems status structure subsistence survival Tauade theory traditional University Press war band warfare warriors