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Cultural evolution. Kate Distin

Distin, Kate [1970-...] cop. 2011

Verfügbar in 33MQB MQB  Magasin  (N-A-021663 )

  • Titel:
    Cultural evolution. Kate Distin
  • Autor: Distin, Kate [1970-...]
  • Schlagwörter: Évolution sociale;
    Homme -- Évolution;
    Langage et langues -- Origines;
    Social evolution;
    Human evolution;
    Culture -- Origin;
    Communication;
    Language and languages -- Origin;
    Material culture;
    Social interaction;
    Human beings -- Origin
  • Beschreibung: Bibliogr. p. 239-261. Index
    Introduction : "Small consequences of one general law" pt. 1. The inheritance of cultural information. What is information? How is information inherited? pt. 2. The inheritance of cultural information : natural language. Natural language and culture : the biological building blocks ; How did natural language evolve? ; Language, thought, and culture pt. 3. The inheritance of cultural information : artefactual language. How did artefactual language evolve? ; Artefactual language, representation and culture ; Money : an artefactual language ; Money : the explanatory power of artefactual languages pt. 4. The receivers of cultural information. How does human diversity affect cultural evolution? pt. 5. The expression of cultural information. Aspects of the cultural ecology ; Patterns of cultural taxonomy ; Conclusion : a representational understanding of cultural evolution Appendix : What about mimetics?
  • Verlag: Cambridge U.K. New York : Cambridge University Press, cop. 2011
  • Erscheinungsdatum: cop. 2011
  • Format: 1 vol. (VI-272 p.) : ill., couv. ill. en coul. ; 24 cm
  • Sprache: Englisch


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