Description
| Product ID: | 9781032608679 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Sociology |
| Title: | A Sociology of Humankind |
| Subtitle: | How We Are Formed by Culture, Cooperation, and Conflict |
| Authors: | Author: Jeroen Bruggeman |
| Page Count: | 228 |
| Subjects: | Society and culture: general, Society & culture: general, Social theory, Social and cultural anthropology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Social theory, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Psychological theory & schools of thought |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. Based upon the interdependencies of human beings as we cooperate and conflict with each other, how we share information, and how culture evolves, this book proposes a sociology of humanity covering three hundred millennia. Grounded in empirical findings from archaeology, history, lab experiments, and field studies – supplemented for precision with computational network models of cultural evolution, cooperation, influence, cohesion, warfare, power, social balance, and inequality – this is the first attempt at encompassing sociology of humankind. Informed by the theory of cultural evolution, it extends the notion that cultural evolution connects humans of all times in a giant sociocultural network, thereby yielding coherence between a great many empirical findings. It will therefore appeal to scholars of sociology and anthropology with interests in historical sociology, cultural evolution, and social theory. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-03-13 |
