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Explaining Culture Scientifically
Taschenbuch von Melissa J Brown
Sprache: Englisch

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A collection of essays by scholars of anthropology and biology, using scientific methods to examine the effects of culture on behavior. The book introduces a variety of theoretical perspectives, through studies grounded in fieldwork, to illustrate how evolution works. Melissa J. Brown is assistant professor of anthropology at Stanford University. The other contributors include Kenichi Aoki, Christophe Boesch, Robert Borofsky, Samuel Bowles, Robert Boyd, Roy D'Andrade, William H. Durham, Marcus W. Feldman, Herbert Gintis, Joseph Henrich, Yasuo Ihara, James Holland Jones, Peter J. Richerson, Gregory Starrett, and Arthur P. Wolf.
A collection of essays by scholars of anthropology and biology, using scientific methods to examine the effects of culture on behavior. The book introduces a variety of theoretical perspectives, through studies grounded in fieldwork, to illustrate how evolution works. Melissa J. Brown is assistant professor of anthropology at Stanford University. The other contributors include Kenichi Aoki, Christophe Boesch, Robert Borofsky, Samuel Bowles, Robert Boyd, Roy D'Andrade, William H. Durham, Marcus W. Feldman, Herbert Gintis, Joseph Henrich, Yasuo Ihara, James Holland Jones, Peter J. Richerson, Gregory Starrett, and Arthur P. Wolf.
Über den Autor
Edited by Melissa J. Brown
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Developing a Scientific Paradigm for Understanding Culture / Melissa J. Brown

Part One: What is Culture?

1. Some Kinds of Causal Powers That Make Up Culture / Roy D'Andrade

2. Culture in Evolution: Toward an Integration of Chimpanzee and Human Cultures / Christophe Boesch

3. Dissent with Modification: Cultural Evolution and Social Niche Construction / Marcus W. Feldman

Part Two: Modeling-Based Case Studies

4. Cultural Evolution: Accomplishments and Future Prospects / Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd

5. Conditions for the Spread of Culturally Transmitted Costly Punishment of Sib Mating / Kenichi Aoki, Yasuo Ihara, and Marcus W. Feldman

6. Sexually Transmitted Infections as Biomarkers of Cultural Behavior / James Holland Jones

Part Three: Ethnographic Case Studies

7. When Culture Affects Behavior: A New Look at Kuru / William H. Durham

8. When Culture Does Not Affect Behavior: The Structural Basis of Ethnic Identity / Melissa J. Brown

9. A Cultural Species / Joseph Henrich

10. Culture Matters: Inferences from Comparative Behavioral Experiments and Evolutionary Models / Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

Part Four: Challenges to a Science of Culture

11. Cultural Evolution and Uxorilocal Marriage in China: A Second Opinion / Arthur P. Wolf

12. When Theory Is Data: Coming to Terms with "Culture" as a Way of Life / Gregory Starrett

13. Studying "Culture" Scientifically Is an Oxymoron: The Interesting Question Is Why People Don't Accept This / Robert Borofsky

Epilogue: Future Considerations / Melissa J. Brown

References

Contributors

Index

Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780295987897
ISBN-10: 0295987898
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Melissa J. Brown
Redaktion: Brown, Melissa J
Hersteller: University of Washington Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 224 x 150 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Melissa J Brown
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.2008
Gewicht: 0,522 kg
Artikel-ID: 132643813
Über den Autor
Edited by Melissa J. Brown
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Developing a Scientific Paradigm for Understanding Culture / Melissa J. Brown

Part One: What is Culture?

1. Some Kinds of Causal Powers That Make Up Culture / Roy D'Andrade

2. Culture in Evolution: Toward an Integration of Chimpanzee and Human Cultures / Christophe Boesch

3. Dissent with Modification: Cultural Evolution and Social Niche Construction / Marcus W. Feldman

Part Two: Modeling-Based Case Studies

4. Cultural Evolution: Accomplishments and Future Prospects / Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd

5. Conditions for the Spread of Culturally Transmitted Costly Punishment of Sib Mating / Kenichi Aoki, Yasuo Ihara, and Marcus W. Feldman

6. Sexually Transmitted Infections as Biomarkers of Cultural Behavior / James Holland Jones

Part Three: Ethnographic Case Studies

7. When Culture Affects Behavior: A New Look at Kuru / William H. Durham

8. When Culture Does Not Affect Behavior: The Structural Basis of Ethnic Identity / Melissa J. Brown

9. A Cultural Species / Joseph Henrich

10. Culture Matters: Inferences from Comparative Behavioral Experiments and Evolutionary Models / Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

Part Four: Challenges to a Science of Culture

11. Cultural Evolution and Uxorilocal Marriage in China: A Second Opinion / Arthur P. Wolf

12. When Theory Is Data: Coming to Terms with "Culture" as a Way of Life / Gregory Starrett

13. Studying "Culture" Scientifically Is an Oxymoron: The Interesting Question Is Why People Don't Accept This / Robert Borofsky

Epilogue: Future Considerations / Melissa J. Brown

References

Contributors

Index

Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780295987897
ISBN-10: 0295987898
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Melissa J. Brown
Redaktion: Brown, Melissa J
Hersteller: University of Washington Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 224 x 150 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Melissa J Brown
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.2008
Gewicht: 0,522 kg
Artikel-ID: 132643813
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