The Evolution of Cultural Entities
EVOLUTION CULT ENT CTB
Published on 3. October 2002
Book
Hardback
234 pages
978-0-19-726262-7 (ISBN)
Description
Ever since Darwin, scholars have noted that cultural entities such as languages, laws, firms and theories seem to 'evolve' through sequences of variation, selection and replication, in many ways just like living organisms. These essays consider whether this comparison is 'just a metaphor', or whether modern evolutionary theory can help us to understand the dynamics of different cultural domains.
The 'evolutionary paradigm of rationality' has a significant role to play throughout the human sciences, but raises complex issues in every cultural context where it is applied. By fostering discussion between scholars from a wide range of research traditions, this volume aims to influence the evolution of all of them.
The 'evolutionary paradigm of rationality' has a significant role to play throughout the human sciences, but raises complex issues in every cultural context where it is applied. By fostering discussion between scholars from a wide range of research traditions, this volume aims to influence the evolution of all of them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
3 Zeichnungen
3 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-726262-7 (9780197262627)
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Content
Introduction: Selectionist Reasoning as a Tool of Thought
Heritable Variation and Competitive Selection as the Mechanism of Sociocultural Evolution
Between Development and Evolution: How to Model Cultural Change
Between Evolution and History: Biology, Culture and the Myth of Human Origins
An Integrating Scaffold: Toward an Autonomy-Theoretic Modelling of Cultural Change
Culture
Learning from Culture
Choosing the Selectors
Evolutionary Theorizing in Economics
The Evolution of Technological Knowledge: Reflections on Technological Innovation as an Evolutionary Process
Idiosyncratic Production Regimes: Co-evolution of Economic and Legal Institutions in the Varieties of Capitalism
The Evolution of Education: Change and Reform
The Evolution of Merged Culture, Genes and Computing Artefacts
Heritable Variation and Competitive Selection as the Mechanism of Sociocultural Evolution
Between Development and Evolution: How to Model Cultural Change
Between Evolution and History: Biology, Culture and the Myth of Human Origins
An Integrating Scaffold: Toward an Autonomy-Theoretic Modelling of Cultural Change
Culture
Learning from Culture
Choosing the Selectors
Evolutionary Theorizing in Economics
The Evolution of Technological Knowledge: Reflections on Technological Innovation as an Evolutionary Process
Idiosyncratic Production Regimes: Co-evolution of Economic and Legal Institutions in the Varieties of Capitalism
The Evolution of Education: Change and Reform
The Evolution of Merged Culture, Genes and Computing Artefacts