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The Evolution of Human Sociality: A Darwinian Conflict Perspective

By Stephen K. Sanderson

Book information

Publisher
Inc., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Year
2001
ISBN
0847695352, 9780847695355
Google Books ID
Dr8VJxygwwUC
Open Library ID
OL8246521M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
8 MB (7909104 bytes)
Pages
393\393
DPI
600
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This book attempts a broad theoretical synthesis within the field of sociology and its closely allied sister discipline of anthropology. It draws together what the author considers the best of these disciplinesO theoretical approaches into a synthesized theory called Darwinian conflict theory. This theory, in the most general sense, is a synthesis of the tradition of economic and ecological materialism and conflict theory stemming from Marx, Marvin Harris, and the tradition of biological materialism deriving from Darwin. The first half of the book is taken up with critiques of existing theoretical approaches; this then leads to the full elaboration, in formal propositional form, of synthetic theory. The second half of the book lays out the large amount of evidence, both qualitative and quantitative, that supports the synthesized theory.

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