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Author : Jonathan H. Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : 1315633124
Author : Jonathan H. Turner,Alexandra Maryanski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317255093
Kinship, religion, and economy were not "natural" to humans, nor to species of apes that had to survive on the African savanna. Society from its very beginnings involved an uneasy necessity that often stood in conflict with humans' ape ancestry; these tensions only grew along with later, more complex-eventually colossal-sociocultural systems. The ape in us was not extinguished, nor obviated, by culture; indeed, our ancestry continues to place pressures on individuals and their sociocultural creations. Not just an exercise in history, this pathbreaking book dispels many myths about the beginning of society to gain new understandings of the many pressures on societies today.
Author : Jonathan H. Turner,Alexandra Maryanski,Anders Klostergaard Petersen,Armin W. Geertz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351620697
Written by leading theorists and empirical researchers, this book presents new ways of addressing the old question: Why did religion first emerge and then continue to evolve in all human societies? The authors of the book—each with a different background across the social sciences and humanities—assimilate conceptual leads and empirical findings from anthropology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary sociology, neurology, primate behavioral studies, explanations of human interaction and group dynamics, and a wide range of religious scholarship to construct a deeper and more powerful explanation of the origins and subsequent evolutionary development of religions than can currently be found in what is now vast literature. While explaining religion has been a central question in many disciplines for a long time, this book draws upon a much wider array of literature to develop a robust and cross-disciplinary analysis of religion. The book remains true to its subtitle by emphasizing an array of both biological and sociocultural forms of selection dynamics that are fundamental to explaining religion as a universal institution in human societies. In addition to Darwinian selection, which can explain the biology and neurology of religion, the book outlines a set of four additional types of sociocultural natural selection that can fill out the explanation of why religion first emerged as an institutional system in human societies, and why it has continued to evolve over the last 300,000 years of societal evolution. These sociocultural forms of natural selection are labeled by the names of the early sociologists who first emphasized them, and they can be seen as a necessary supplement to the type of natural selection theorized by Charles Darwin. Explanations of religion that remain in the shadow cast by Darwin’s great insights will, it is argued, remain narrow and incomplete when explaining a robust sociocultural phenomenon like religion.
Author : Edward O. Wilson
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781631495557
Forming a twenty-first-century statement on Darwinian evolution, one shorn of “religious and political dogma,” Edward O. Wilson offers a bold work of scientific thought and synthesis. Asserting that religious creeds and philosophical questions can be reduced to purely genetic and evolutionary components, and that the human body and mind have a physical base obedient to the laws of physics and chemistry, Genesis demonstrates that the only way for us to fully understand human behavior is to study the evolutionary histories of nonhuman species. Of these, Wilson demonstrates that at least seventeen—among them the African naked mole rat and the sponge- dwelling shrimp—have been found to have advanced societies based on altruism and cooperation. Whether writing about midges who “dance about like acrobats” or schools of anchovies who protectively huddle “to appear like a gigantic fish,” or proposing that human society owes a debt of gratitude to “postmenopausal grandmothers” and “childless homosexuals,” Genesis is a pithy yet path-breaking work of evolutionary theory, braiding twenty-first-century scientific theory with the lyrical biological and humanistic observations for which Wilson is known.
Author : C. J. Bojema
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0471043818
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:999585995
Author : Arthur M. Lewis
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789361426384
"Evolution Social and Organic" by way of the outstanding author Arthur M. Lewis is a captivating exploration of the intricate dating between social structures and natural evolution. In this groundbreaking paintings, Lewis skillfully navigates the nation-states of evolutionary biology, sociology, and anthropology to light up the interconnectedness of societal dynamics and biological strategies. Through a blend of scholarly studies and engaging prose, Lewis affords a compelling argument that demanding situations conventional perspectives on evolution. By highlighting the influence of social systems on the natural evolution of species, Lewis sheds light on the complexities of version and trade in both human societies and the herbal world. With a keen eye for element and a passion for unraveling the mysteries of evolution, Lewis gives readers a thought-upsetting journey into the depths of Darwinian principle and social behavior. "Evolution Social and Organic" stands as a testomony to Lewis's expertise and intellectual prowess, solidifying his position as a main authority inside the area. This book now not only informs but additionally conjures up readers to ponder the profound interconnectedness of existence and its evolutionary trajectory.
Author : Diarmid A. Finnegan
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822981770
The relationship between science and civil society is essential to our understanding of cultural change during the Victorian era. Science was frequently packaged as an appropriate form of civic culture, inculcating virtues necessary for civic progress. In turn, civic culture was presented as an appropriate context for enabling and supporting scientific progress. Finnegan's study looks at the shifting nature of this process during the nineteenth century, using Scotland as the focus for his argument. Considerations of class, religion and gender are explored, illuminating changing social identities as public interest in science was allowed—even encouraged—beyond the environs of universities and elite metropolitan societies.
Author : Michael Ruse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009092937
Natural selection, as introduced by Charles Darwin in the Origin of Species (1859), has always been a topic of great conceptual and empirical interest. This book puts Darwin's theory of evolution in historical context showing that, in important respects, his central mechanism of natural selection gives the clue to understanding the nature of organisms. Natural selection has important implications, not just for the understanding of life's history – single-celled organism to man – but also for our understanding of contemporary social norms, as well as the nature of religious belief. The book is written in clear, non-technical language, appealing not just to philosophers, historians, and biologists, but also to general readers who find thinking about important issues both challenging and exciting.
Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1290830029
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : Nicholas A. Christakis
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780316230056
"A dazzlingly erudite synthesis of history, philosophy, anthropology, genetics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, statistics, and more" (Frank Bruni, The New York Times), Blueprint shows why evolution has placed us on a humane path -- and how we are united by our common humanity. For too long, scientists have focused on the dark side of our biological heritage: our capacity for aggression, cruelty, prejudice, and self-interest. But natural selection has given us a suite of beneficial social features, including our capacity for love, friendship, cooperation, and learning. Beneath all of our inventions -- our tools, farms, machines, cities, nations -- we carry with us innate proclivities to make a good society. In Blueprint, Nicholas A. Christakis introduces the compelling idea that our genes affect not only our bodies and behaviors, but also the ways in which we make societies, ones that are surprisingly similar worldwide. With many vivid examples -- including diverse historical and contemporary cultures, communities formed in the wake of shipwrecks, commune dwellers seeking utopia, online groups thrown together by design or involving artificially intelligent bots, and even the tender and complex social arrangements of elephants and dolphins that so resemble our own -- Christakis shows that, despite a human history replete with violence, we cannot escape our social blueprint for goodness. In a world of increasing political and economic polarization, it's tempting to ignore the positive role of our evolutionary past. But by exploring the ancient roots of goodness in civilization, Blueprint shows that our genes have shaped societies for our welfare and that, in a feedback loop stretching back many thousands of years, societies are still shaping our genes today.
Author : Dr. Rosemary Hopcroft
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190842604
Evolution, biology, and society is a catch-all phrase encompassing any scholarly work that utilizes evolutionary theory and/or biological or behavioral genetic methods in the study of the human social group, and The Oxford Handbook of Evolution, Biology, and Society contains an much needed overview of research in the area by sociologists and other social scientists. The examined topics cover a wide variety of issues, including the origins of social solidarity; religious beliefs; sex differences; gender inequality; determinants of human happiness; the nature of social stratification and inequality and its effects; identity, status, and other group processes; race, ethnicity, and race discrimination; fertility and family processes; crime and deviance; and cultural and social change. The scholars whose work is presented in this volume come from a variety of disciplines in addition to sociology, including psychology, political science, and criminology. Yet, as the essays in this volume demonstrate, the potential of theory and methods from biology for illuminating social phenomena is clear, and sociologists stand to gain from learning more about them and using them in their own work. The theory focuses on evolution by natural selection, the primary paradigm of the biological sciences, while the methods include the statistical analyses sociologists are familiar with, as well as other methods that they may not be familiar with, such as behavioral genetic methods, methods for including genetic factors in statistical analyses, gene-wide association studies, candidate gene studies, and methods for testing levels of hormones and other biochemicals in blood and saliva and including these factors in analyses. This work will be of interest to any sociologist with an interest in exploring the interaction of biological and sociological processes. As an introduction to the field it is useful for teaching upper-level or graduate students in sociology or a related social science.
Author : Alfred Machin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Human beings
ISBN : UIUC:30112004016256
Author : Alexandra Maryanski,Richard Machalek,Jonathan H. Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 669 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317258339
"Handbook on Evolution and Society" brings together original chapters by prominent scholars who have been instrumental in the revival of evolutionary theorizing and research in the social sciences over the last twenty-five years. Previously unpublished essays provide up-to-date, critical surveys of recent research and key debates. The contributors discuss early challenges posed by sociobiology, the rise of evolutionary psychology, the more conflicted response of evolutionary sociology to sociobiology, and evolutionary psychology. Chapters address the application and limitations of Darwinian ideas in the social sciences. Prominent authors come from a variety of disciplines in ecology, biology, primatology, psychology, sociology, and the humanities. The most comprehensive resource available, this vital collection demonstrates to scholars and students the new ways in which evolutionary approaches, ultimately derived from biology, are influencing the diverse social sciences and humanities.
Author : Lyle B. Steadman,Craig T. Palmer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317251156
Spanning many different epochs and varieties of religious experience, this book develops a new approach to religion and its role in human history. The authors look across a range of religious phenomena-from ancestor worship to totemism, shamanism, and worldwide modern religions-to offer a new explanation of the evolutionary success of religious behaviors. Their book is more empirical and verifiable than most previous books on evolution and religion because they develop an approach that removes guesswork about beliefs in the supernatural, focusing instead on the behaviors of individuals. The result is a pioneering look at how and why natural selection has favored religious behaviors throughout history.