The principles of social evolution

Abstract

Part 1 Introduction: a challenge evaded the problem defined social structure, causality and the individual. Part 2 Darwinism and social evolution: society and organism the search for the basic building blocks of culture inheritance and variation competition and co-operation adaptation in biological and social evolution. Part 3 The survival of the mediocre the survival of the fittest thought and adaptation from ascriptive to functional organization. Part 4 Environmental determinism and social variability: adaptationism as environmental determinism the cross-cultural evidence two types of pastoral society East Cushitic societies and ecologies. Part 5 The direction of evolution: the emergence of an East Cushitic state the roots of authority societal size the emergence of the state the rationalization of society the role of the environment and technology in evolution. Part 6 Core principles: the nature of core principles Chinese society Indo-European society conclusions.

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