The New Evolutionary Sociology: Recent and Revitalized Theoretical and Methodological Approaches

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Cover Title Copyright Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements 1 A Brief History of Evolutionary Analysis in Sociology Part I: The Continuing Sociological Tradition 2 Can Functionalism Be Saved? Toward a More Viable Form of Evolutionary Theorizing 3 Stage-Model Theories of Societal Evolution 4 Intersocietal Models of Societal Evolution 5 New Forms of Ecological Theorizing in Evolutionary Sociology Part II: Darwinian Analysis and Alternatives 6 The Evolution of Social Behavior by Natural Selection 7 The Rise of Sociobiology 8 Sociobiology and Human Behavior 9 Evolutionary Psychology and the Search for the Adapted Mind 10 The Limitations of Darwinian Analysis 11 New Models of Natural Selection in Sociocultural Evolution Part III: New Darwinian Approaches Within Sociology 12 New Forms of Comparative Sociology: What Primates Can Tell Sociology About Humans 13 In Search of Human Nature: Using the Tools of Cross-Species Comparative Analysis 14 The Evolution of the Human Brain: Applications of Neurosociology 15 Cross-Species Comparative Sociology 16 Cross-Species Analysis of Megasociality 17 The Behavioral and Interpersonal Basis of Megasociality: Evidence From Primates Epilogue: Prospect for a New Evolutionary Sociology Bibliography Index