A Sociology of Humankind

ISBN-13: 9781032608570 / Twarda / 2024 / 244 str.

the Netherlands) Bruggeman Jeroen (University of Amsterdam

Opis

Grounded in empirical findings from archaeology, history, lab-experiments and field studies – and supplemented with computational network models – this book extends the theory of cultural evolution, proposing a sociology of humankind that connects all people throughout history in a giant socio-cultural network spanning 300 millennia.

Recenzje

'An elegant, condensed theoretical model, with a synthesis of far-flung research literatures and advanced simulation models.' – Randall Collins, Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, USA, and author of Charisma: Micro-sociology of Power and Influence

'Foragers are theoretically very important as so much of our evolutionary history is represented by people we call foragers. The author has done his homework very well on foragers. They are commonly treated by non-specialists in a simplistic way and that is emphatically not the case here.' - Peter J. Richerson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California Davis, USA

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Foragers 3. Cooperation 4. Farmers and Warriors 5. Evolution of Agrarian Cultures 6. Europe's Conquests 7. Industrial and Post-Industrial Society 8. The World Wide Web 9. General Models of Collective Action and Cultural Evolution 10. Conclusion

O autorze

Jeroen Bruggeman is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the author of Social Networks: An Introduction.