The Principles of Social Evolution

Hallpike, C. R.

ISBN 10: 0198272650 / ISBN 13: 9780198272656

Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford UK, 1986

About this Item

Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 412 pages including index. Dispelling the general assumption that social institutions survive because of their sophisticated adaptive advantages, this ground-breaking work asserts that the commonest customs and institutions may endure because of their very simplicity or as a result of simple human proclivity. Usingreligious, military, and kinship institutions to illustrate this argument, the author shows that a precise combination of these factors may lead to the emergence of new forms of social evolution. Clean copy. Record # 378335.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Principles of Social Evolution
• Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford UK
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198272650
• ISBN 13: 9780198272656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Dispelling the general assumption that social institutions survive because of their sophisticated adaptive advantages, this ground-breaking work asserts that the commonest customs and institutions may endure because of their very simplicity or as a result of simple human proclivity. Using religious, military, and kinship institutions to illustrate this argument, the author shows that a precise combination of these factors may lead to the emergence of new forms of social evolution.

About the Author

C. R. Hallpike, Professor of Anthropology, McMaster University.