The parable of the tribes : the problem of power in social evolution / Andrew Bard Schmookler. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmookler, Andrew Bard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social evolution.

Power (Social sciences).

Civilization.

Progress.

Social choice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 413 p. )

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995.

Contents:

Bk. I. The Parable of the Tribes. 1. The Parable of the Tribes. 2. Understanding Change. 3. The Common Sense: Selection by Human Choice. 4. The Rube Goldberg Problem: A Critique of the Commonsense Theory. 5. Toward A Bigger Vision. 6. The Way of Life. 7. The Emergence of Culture. 8. The Breakthrough to Civilization. 9. The Struggle for Power. 10. The Selection for Power: The Parable of the Tribes. 11. The Reign of Power. 12. Power versus Choice in Social Evolution. 13. A Tragic View of Human Destiny. 14. Hope. 2. The Theft of Human Choice. 1. Unfree Choices. 2. Two Great Waves of Change. 3. Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Non-Alternatives of the Parable of the Tribes. 4. Qualifications: Limits on the Transformative Effects of Conquest. 5. Choosing the Choosers: The Historymakers. 6. The Mother of Invention. 3. Shaped by Power. 1. Red Sky at Morning: The Dawn of Civilization and the Rise of Warfare. 2. The Evolution Toward Larger Societies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-377) and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-1904-X

0-585-06267-6