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Cultural Selection

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  1. Agner Fog
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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-7
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 9-12
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  3. The History of Cultural Selection Theory

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    Pages 13-58
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  4. Fundamental Model for Cultural Selection

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    Pages 59-82
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  5. Further Development of the Model

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    Pages 83-109
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  6. Cultural Selection Throughout the Times

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    Pages 110-135
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  7. Demography

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    Pages 136-138
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  8. Digression: Social Organization Among Baboons

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    Pages 139-142
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  9. Sociology of Deviance

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    Pages 143-155
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  10. Mass Media

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    Pages 156-168
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  11. Sexual Behavior

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    Pages 169-188
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  12. Art

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    Pages 189-221
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  13. Play, Games and Sport

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    Pages 222-234
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  14. Discussion and Conclusion

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    Pages 235-250
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  15. The Future

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    Pages 251-260
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  16. Explanation of Words

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    Pages 261-270
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  17. Literature

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    Pages 271-307
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  18. Back Matter

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1. INTRODUCTION This book describes a new interdisciplinary theory for explaining cultural change. In contrast to traditional evolutionist theories, the present theory stresses the fact that a culture can evolve in different directions depending on its life conditions. Cultural selection theory explains why certain cultures or cultural ele­ ments spread, possibly at the expense of other cultures or cultural elements which then disappear. Cultural elements include social structure, traditions, religion, rituals, art, norms, morals, ideologies, ideas, inventions, knowledge, technology, etc. This theory is inspired by Charles Darwin's idea of natural selection, because cultural elements are seen as analogous to genes in the sense that they may be reproduced from generation to generation and they may undergo change. A culture may evolve because certain cultural elements are more likely to spread and be reproduced than others, analogously to a species evolving because individuals possessing certain traits are more fit than others to reproduce and transmit these traits to their offspring.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cultural Selection

  • Authors: Agner Fog

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9251-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5579-3Published: 28 February 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5173-8Published: 05 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9251-2Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 320

  • Topics: Philosophy, general, Evolutionary Biology, History of Philosophy, Anthropology

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