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 168
... sacrifice . The first is born of the natural desire to increase one's own stock of the most prized and valuable commodity . The second is born of the equally natural desire to share one's goods with whatever deities there may be out of ...
... sacrifice . The first is born of the natural desire to increase one's own stock of the most prized and valuable commodity . The second is born of the equally natural desire to share one's goods with whatever deities there may be out of ...
Page 172
... sacrifice , which Lincoln regards as uniquely associated with priestly status , is in reality the exclusive prerogative of priests . In the case of the Nuer , as Lincoln concedes , ́ . . . the Nuer are fiercely egalitarian and such ...
... sacrifice , which Lincoln regards as uniquely associated with priestly status , is in reality the exclusive prerogative of priests . In the case of the Nuer , as Lincoln concedes , ́ . . . the Nuer are fiercely egalitarian and such ...
Page 179
... sacrifice to depict it as primarily intended to acquire more cattle . Finally , as we have seen , sacrifice is not the exclusive responsibility of a priestly class among the Nuer or the Masai . At this point it is necessary to remind ...
... sacrifice to depict it as primarily intended to acquire more cattle . Finally , as we have seen , sacrifice is not the exclusive responsibility of a priestly class among the Nuer or the Masai . At this point it is necessary to remind ...
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