The evolution of cultural entities
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
España peninsular
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 wheth...
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- ISBN13 9780197262627
- ISBN10 0197262627
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 221
- Año de Edición 2002
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Tela
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Antropologia.temas GeneralesThe evolution of cultural entities
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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 wheth...
España peninsular
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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.