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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Lenski, Gerhard Emmanuel, 1924- Ecological-Evolutionary theory. Boulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers, c2005 (OCoLC)607621876 Online version: Lenski, Gerhard Emmanuel, 1924- Ecological-Evolutionary theory. Boulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers, c2005 (OCoLC)626786715 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gerhard Lenski |
| ISBN: | 1594511004 9781594511004 9781594511011 1594511012 |
| OCLC Number: | 57730736 |
| Description: | xv, 253 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | PART I. PRINCIPLES: Evolutionary theory: an introduction -- Problem and method -- The biological foundations of human societies -- Determinants of the characteristics of individual societies: the independent variables -- Characteristics of sets of societies -- Characteristics of the global system of societies -- Ecological-evolutionary theory and its alternatives: a comparison -- PART II. APPLICATIONS: The origins and early development of ancient Israel -- The rise of the West -- Trajectories of development among societies -- An experiment that failed -- PART III. EPILOGUE: Retrospect and prospect. |
| Responsibility: | Gerhard Lenski. |
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"'Lenski develops a highly refined and nuanced model of society dynamics that incorporates his previous thinking into a new approach. This book must be read not only by those interested in evolution, but all those who seek to explain macrodynamics. This book is a cutting edge analytical model and theory of macro social reality.' Jonathan H. Turner, author of Face to Face: Toward a Sociological Theory of Interpersonal Behavior 'Lenski's masterful integration of empirical data from biology, ecology, the social sciences, and technology provides by far the best theoretical underpinning available for a macro-level approach to the comparison of total societies.' Joan Huber, Ohio State University" Read more...
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- Human evolution -- Philosophy.
- Social evolution -- Philosophy.
- Human ecology.
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- Sociale evolutie.
- Evolutionaire biologie.
- Ecologische aspecten.
- Mensen.
- Homme -- Évolution -- Philosophie.
- Évolution sociale -- Philosophie.
- Écologie humaine.
- Écologie sociale.
- Evolução humana (filosofia)
- Evolução social (filosofia)
- Ecologia humana.
- Gesellschaft.
- Entwicklung.
- Evolutionstheorie.
- Hominisation.