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.
| ISBN: | 9780197262627 |
| Publication date: | 3rd October 2002 |
| Author: | Michael Wheeler, John Ziman, Margaret A Boden |
| Publisher: | The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | Proceedings of the British Academy |
| Genres: |
History of ideas Social and cultural anthropology |
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 Evolution of Cultural Entities features in the following genres: History of ideas, Social and cultural anthropology
The Evolution of Cultural Entities is available in Hardback
The Evolution of Cultural Entities was written by Michael Wheeler, John Ziman, Margaret A Boden and published by The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press
The Evolution of Cultural Entities has 320 pages
Yes it is part of Proceedings of the British Academy series
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