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The evolution of cultural entities / edited by Michael Wheeler, John Ziman & Margaret A. Boden.
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Proceedings of the British Academy ; 0068-1202 112.
- Proceedings of the British Academy, 0068-1202 ; 112
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social evolution--Congresses.
- Social evolution.
- Culture--Congresses.
- Culture.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- x, 221 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Ever since Darwin, scholars have noted that cultural entities such as languages, laws and theories seem to evolve through variation, selection and replication. These essays consider whether this comparison is just a metaphor.
- Notes:
- "Most of the papers published here are revised versions of talks given at a discussion meeting on this specific theme, held on 14-15 April 1999 at the British Academy, in London"--Pref.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0197262627
- 9780197262627
- OCLC:
- 59415399
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