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The new evolutionary sociology : recent and revitalized theoretical and methodological approaches / Jonathan H. Turner, University of California, Santa Barbara, Richard S. Machalek, University of Wyoming.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turner, Jonathan H., author.
- Machalek, Richard, 1946- author.
- Series:
- Evolutionary analysis in the social sciences
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social evolution--Philosophy.
- Social evolution.
- Human evolution--Philosophy.
- Human evolution.
- Human ecology.
- Social ecology.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 467 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- Contents:
- A brief history of evolutionary analysis in sociology
- The continuing sociological tradition
- Can functionalism be saved? : toward a more viable form of evolutionary thinking
- Stage-model theories of societal evolution
- Inter-societal models of societal evolution
- New forms of ecological theorizing in evolutionary sociology
- Darwinian analysis and alternatives
- The evolution of social behavior by natural selection
- The rise of sociobiology
- Sociobiology and human behavior
- Evolutionary psychology and the search for the adapted mind
- The limitations of darwinian analysis
- New models of natural selection in socio-cultural evolution
- New darwinian approaches within sociology
- New forms of comparative sociology : what primates can tell sociology about humans?
- In search of human nature : using the tools of cross-species comparative analysis
- The evolution of the human brain: applications of neurosociology
- Cross-species comparative sociology
- Cross-species analysis of megasociality
- Behavioral and interpersonal basis of megasociality : evidence from primates
- Epilogue: prospect for a new evolutionary sociology
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815386117
- 0815386117
- 9780815387084
- 0815387083
- OCLC:
- 1019838506
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