The New Evolutionary Social Science

Author : Alexandra Maryanski,Richard Machalek,Jonathan H. Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 981 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317258322

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Handbook on Evolution and Society by Alexandra Maryanski,Richard Machalek,Jonathan H. Turner Pdf

"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 Previously unpublished essays provide up-to-date, critical surveys of recent research and key debates.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 : Heinz-Jurgen Niedenzu,Tamas Meleghy,Peter Meyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317255482

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New Evolutionary Social Science by Heinz-Jurgen Niedenzu,Tamas Meleghy,Peter Meyer Pdf

Social scientists have long declared their autonomy from the natural sciences, and in doing so have tended to neglect important biological constraints on human nature. Many sociological theories have suggested a nearly complete malleability of patterns of social life. The New Evolutionary Social Science challenges this view by building on Stephen K. Sanderson's 'Darwinian conflict theory' which sets out to synthesise sociological theories with key findings from biology into an overarching scientific paradigm. Configuring and expanding this groundbreaking theory, the contributors to this volume are well-known European and American experts in evolutionary science. The New Evolutionary Social Science develops a new basis for understanding social change and the world's future through a better integration of the natural and social sciences.

Author : Jonathan H. Turner,Richard S. Machalek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351173865

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The New Evolutionary Sociology by Jonathan H. Turner,Richard S. Machalek Pdf

For decades, evolutionary analysis was overlooked or altogether ignored by sociologists. Fears and biases persisted nearly a century after Auguste Comte gave the discipline its name, as did concerns that its effect would only reduce sociology to another discipline – whether biology, psychology, or economics. Worse, apprehension that the application of evolutionary theory would encourage heightened perceptions of racism, sexism, ethnocentrism and reductionism pervaded. Turner and Machalek argue instead for a new embrace of biology and evolutionary analysis. Sociology, from its very beginnings in the early 19th century, has always been concerned with the study of evolution, particularly the transformation of societies from simple to ever-more complex forms. By comprehensively reviewing the original ways that sociologists applied evolutionary theory and examining the recent renewal and expansion of these early approaches, the authors confront the challenges posed by biology, neuroscience, and psychology to distinct evolutionary approaches within sociology. They emerge with key theoretical and methodological discoveries that demonstrate the critical – and compelling – case for a dramatically enriched sociology that incorporates all forms of comparative evolutionary analysis to its canon and study of sociocultural phenomena.

Author : Pascal Boyer
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800642096

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Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens by Pascal Boyer Pdf

This volume brings together a collection of seven articles previously published by the author, with a new introduction reframing the articles in the context of past and present questions in anthropology, psychology and human evolution. It promotes the perspective of ‘integrated’ social science, in which social science questions are addressed in a deliberately eclectic manner, combining results and models from evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, economics, anthropology and history. It thus constitutes a welcome contribution to a gradually emerging approach to social science based on E. O. Wilson’s concept of ‘consilience’. Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens spans a wide range of topics, from an examination of ritual behaviour, integrating neuro-science, ethology and anthropology to explain why humans engage in ritual actions (both cultural and individual), to the motivation of conflicts between groups. As such, the collection gives readers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the applications of an evolutionary paradigm in the social sciences. This volume will be a useful resource for scholars and students in the social sciences (particularly psychology, anthropology, evolutionary biology and the political sciences), as well as a general readership interested in the social sciences.

Author : Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781108470971

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Human Evolution Beyond Biology and Culture by Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh Pdf

A complete account of evolutionary thought in the social, environmental and policy sciences, creating bridges with biology.

Author : Ignazio Masulli
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 2881243762

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Nature and History by Ignazio Masulli Pdf

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : William M. Dugger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Evolution
ISBN : 0415247195

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Evolutionary Theory in the Social Sciences: Evolution and revolution by William M. Dugger Pdf

Author : M. Schmid,Franz M. Wuketits
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1987-10-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9027726124

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Evolutionary Theory in Social Science by M. Schmid,Franz M. Wuketits Pdf

In retrospect the 19th century tmdoubtedly seems to be the century of evolutionism. The 'discovery of time' and therewith the experience of variability was made by many sciences: not only historians worked on the elaboration and interpretation of this discovery, but also physicists, geographers, biologists and economists, demographers, archaelogists, and even philosophers. The successful empirical fotmdation of evolutive processes by Darwin and his disciples suggested Herbert Spencer's vigorously pursued efforts in searching for an extensive' catalogue of prime and deduced evolutionary principles that would allow to integrate the most different disciplines of natural and social sciences as well as the efforts of philosophers of ethics and epistemologists. Soon it became evident, however, that the claim for integration anticipated by far the actual results of these different disciplines. Darwin I s theory suffered from the fact that in the beginning a hereditary factor which could have his theory could not be detected, while the gainings of grotmd supported in the social sciences got lost in consequence of the completely ahistorical or biologistic speculations of some representatives of the evolutionary research programm and common socialdarwinistic misinterpretations.

Author : Donald K. Sharpes
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0739128124

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The Evolution of the Social Sciences by Donald K. Sharpes Pdf

This book charts the development of the main social sciences_religion, history, philosophy, law, sociology, anthropology, and economics_through an examination of the lives and works of each discipline's key historical figures.

Author : William von Hippel
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780062740410

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The Social Leap by William von Hippel Pdf

In the compelling popular science tradition of Sapiens and Guns, Germs, and Steel, a groundbreaking and eye-opening exploration that applies evolutionary science to provide a new perspective on human psychology, revealing how major challenges from our past have shaped some of the most fundamental aspects of our being. The most fundamental aspects of our lives—from leadership and innovation to aggression and happiness—were permanently altered by the "social leap" our ancestors made from the rainforest to the savannah. Their struggle to survive on the open grasslands required a shift from individualism to a new form of collectivism, which forever altered the way our mind works. It changed the way we fight and our proclivity to make peace, it changed the way we lead and the way we follow, it made us innovative but not inventive, it created a new kind of social intelligence, and it led to new sources of life satisfaction. In The Social Leap, William von Hippel lays out this revolutionary hypothesis, tracing human development through three critical evolutionary inflection points to explain how events in our distant past shape our lives today. From the mundane, such as why we exaggerate, to the surprising, such as why we believe our own lies and why fame and fortune are as likely to bring misery as happiness, the implications are far reaching and extraordinary. Blending anthropology, biology, history, and psychology with evolutionary science, The Social Leap is a fresh and provocative look at our species that provides new clues about who we are, what makes us happy, and how to use this knowledge to improve our lives.

Author : Richard Machalek,Alexandra Maryanski,Jonathan H. Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Historical sociology
ISBN : 1612058353

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Handbook on Evolution and Society by Richard Machalek,Alexandra Maryanski,Jonathan H. Turner Pdf

Author : Howard J. Sherman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Evolutionary economics
ISBN : 0415247160

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Evolutionary Theory in the Social Sciences: Evolution and revolution by Howard J. Sherman Pdf

Author : M. Schmid,Franz M. Wuketits
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400940055

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Evolutionary Theory in Social Science by M. Schmid,Franz M. Wuketits Pdf

In retrospect the 19th century tmdoubtedly seems to be the century of evolutionism. The 'discovery of time' and therewith the experience of variability was made by many sciences: not only historians worked on the elaboration and interpretation of this discovery, but also physicists, geographers, biologists and economists, demographers, archaelogists, and even philosophers. The successful empirical fotmdation of evolutive processes by Darwin and his disciples suggested Herbert Spencer's vigorously pursued efforts in searching for an extensive' catalogue of prime and deduced evolutionary principles that would allow to integrate the most different disciplines of natural and social sciences as well as the efforts of philosophers of ethics and epistemologists. Soon it became evident, however, that the claim for integration anticipated by far the actual results of these different disciplines. Darwin I s theory suffered from the fact that in the beginning a hereditary factor which could have his theory could not be detected, while the gainings of grotmd supported in the social sciences got lost in consequence of the completely ahistorical or biologistic speculations of some representatives of the evolutionary research programm and common socialdarwinistic misinterpretations.

Author : William M. Dugger,Howard J. Sherman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:874339608

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Evolutionary Theory in the Social Sciences by William M. Dugger,Howard J. Sherman Pdf

Author : Alexander Riley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000376210

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Toward a Biosocial Science by Alexander Riley Pdf

Sociology is in crisis. While other disciplines have taken on board the revolutionary discoveries driven by evolutionary biology and psychology, genomics and behavioral genetics, and the neurosciences, sociology has ignored these advances and embraced a biophobia that threatens to drive the discipline into marginality. This book takes its place in a rich tradition of efforts to integrate sociological thinking into the world of the biological sciences that can be traced to the origins of the discipline, and that took on modern form beginning a generation ago in the works of thinkers such as E.O. Wilson, Richard Alexander, Joseph Lopreato, and Richard Machalek. It offers an accessible introduction to rethinking sociological science in consonance with these contemporary biological revolutions. From the standpoint of a biosociology rooted in the single most important scientific theory touching on human life, the Darwinian theory of natural selection, the book sketches an evolutionary social science that would enable us to properly attend to basic questions of human nature, human behavior, and human social organization. Individual chapters take on such topics as: The roots and nature of human sociality; the origins of morality in human social life and an evolutionary perspective on human interests, reciprocity, and altruism; the sex difference in our species and what it contributes to an explanation of sociological facts; the nature of stratification, status, and inequality in human evolutionary history; the question of race in our species; and the contribution evolutionary theory makes to explaining the origins and the importance of culture in human societies.