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Author : A. Fog
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-03-09
Cultural Selection written by A. Fog and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-09 with Philosophy categories.
1. INTRODUCTION This book describes a new interdisciplinary theory for explaining cultural change. In contrast to traditional evolutionist theories, the present theory stresses the fact that a culture can evolve in different directions depending on its life conditions. Cultural selection theory explains why certain cultures or cultural ele ments spread, possibly at the expense of other cultures or cultural elements which then disappear. Cultural elements include social structure, traditions, religion, rituals, art, norms, morals, ideologies, ideas, inventions, knowledge, technology, etc. This theory is inspired by Charles Darwin's idea of natural selection, because cultural elements are seen as analogous to genes in the sense that they may be reproduced from generation to generation and they may undergo change. A culture may evolve because certain cultural elements are more likely to spread and be reproduced than others, analogously to a species evolving because individuals possessing certain traits are more fit than others to reproduce and transmit these traits to their offspring.
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Author : Tim Lewens
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2024-07-31
Cultural Selection written by Tim Lewens and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-31 with Science categories.
Humans learn in ways that are influenced by others. As a result, cultural items of many types are elaborated over time in ways that build on the achievements of previous generations. Culture therefore shows a pattern of descent with modification reminiscent of Darwinian evolution. This raises the question of whether cultural selection-a mechanism akin to natural selection, albeit working when learned items are passed from demonstrators to observers-can explain how various practices are refined over time. This Element argues that cultural selection is not necessary for the explanation of cultural adaptation; it shows how to build hybrid explanations that draw on aspects of cultural selection and cultural attraction theory; it shows how cultural reproduction makes problems for highly formalised approaches to cultural selection; and it uses a case-study to demonstrate the importance of human agency for cumulative cultural adaptation.
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Author : Agner Fog
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
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Author : Gary Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996-04-04
Cultural Selection written by Gary Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-04-04 with Art categories.
What is worth remembering? What gets passed down from one generation to another? What does it mean to be human? Culture, Gary Taylor argues, is not what was done but what is remembered, and the social competition among different memories is as dynamically complicated as the struggle for biological survival. That struggle for culture - driven by emotions as basic as grief, pride, and resentment - is the foundation of personal and national identity. Taylor illustrates his arguments by reintroducing us to imaginative achievements that continue to stimulate us long after their creation, from Stonehenge to Hollywood - including Oedipus, Casablanca, the paintings of Velazquez, Michelangelo's sculptures, Japanese literature, Native American narratives, science fiction, the music of Stravinsky, Shakespeare's plays, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He also discusses the endurance of social phenomena as disparate as the global impact of the Old Testament and the evolving reputation of Richard Nixon.
The Theory Of Cultural And Social Selection
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Author : W. G. Runciman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-11-05
The Theory Of Cultural And Social Selection written by W. G. Runciman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-05 with Psychology categories.
The Darwinian legacy 1.
Cultural Selection
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Author : Gary Taylor
language : en
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Release Date : 1996-01-01
Cultural Selection written by Gary Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Social Science categories.
In this provocative reassessment of our most enshrined cultural achievements, renowned Shakespeare scholar Gary Taylor reveals what most of the combatants of the Culture Wars seem to have missed: that culture is not what was done but what is remembered. Exploring cultural treasures from Stonehenge to Hollywood -- including Oedipus, the paintings of Velazquez, & the film CasablancaÓ -- Taylor lays bare the competition among different memories as a struggle for survival, showing us why some great works have become Great Works while others have been left to the dustbin of history. Thoughtful, clear, & engaging, Cultural Selection sheds a critical new light on the continuing debate over our prized cultural icons.
The Theory Of Cultural And Social Selection
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Author : Walter Garrison Runciman
language : en
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Release Date : 2009
The Theory Of Cultural And Social Selection written by Walter Garrison Runciman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Electronic books categories.
"In The Theory of Cultural and Social Selection, W.G. Runciman presents an original and wide-ranging account of the fundamental process by which human cultures and societies come to be of the different kinds that they are. Drawing on and extending recent advances in neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory, Runciman argues that collective human behaviour should be analyzed as the acting-out of information transmitted at the three separate but interacting levels of heritable variation and competitive selection - the biological, the cultural, and the social. The implications which this carries for a reformulation of the traditional agenda of comparative and historical sociology are explored with the help of selected examples, and located within the context of current debates about sociological theory and practice. The Theory of Cultural and Social Selection is a succinct and highly imaginative contribution to one of the great intellectual debates of our times, from one of the world's leading social theorists"--Provided by publisher.
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language : ar
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Release Date : 2005
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Mate Selection Across Cultures
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Author : Raeann R Hamon
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2003-08-14
Mate Selection Across Cultures written by Raeann R Hamon and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-14 with Family & Relationships categories.
Mate Selection Across Cultures explores one of the most basic human endeavors—couple formation—with particular attention to those relationships that lead to marriage. Editors Raeann R. Hamon and Bron B. Ingoldsby examine the enterprise of mate selection and look at the similarities and differences of human bonds around the globe.
The Theory Of Cultural And Social Selection
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Author : Walter Garrison Runciman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-05-14
The Theory Of Cultural And Social Selection written by Walter Garrison Runciman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with Psychology categories.
A succinct and highly imaginative contribution to one of the great intellectual debates of our times.
