How we became human: mimetic theory and the science of evolutionary origins
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. Questions of Methodology and Hermeneutics: Mimetic Theory, Darwinism, and Cultural Evolution -- Coevolution and Mimesis (William H. Durham) -- Genes and Mimesis: Structural Patterns in Darwinism and Mimetic Theory (Paul Dumouchel) --...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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East Lansing
Michigan State University Press
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: How we became human : mimetic theory and the science of evolutionary origins] (2019) (Gruenler, Curtis A., 1964 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture
Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture Ser |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sociobiology
/ Social evolution
/ Philosophical anthropology
B Mimesis |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Social evolution B Electronic books B Conference program |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. Questions of Methodology and Hermeneutics: Mimetic Theory, Darwinism, and Cultural Evolution -- Coevolution and Mimesis (William H. Durham) -- Genes and Mimesis: Structural Patterns in Darwinism and Mimetic Theory (Paul Dumouchel) -- Maladaptation, Counterintuitiveness, and Symbolism: The Challenge of Mimetic Theory to Evolutionary Thinking (Pierpaolo Antonello) -- Part Two. Imitation, Desire, Victimization: Examining Mimetic Theory on the Evidence -- Convergence between Mimetic Theory and Imitation Research (Scott Garrels) -- The Deepest Principle of Life: Neurobiology and the Psychology of Desire (William B. Hurlbut) -- The Three Rs: Retaliation, Revenge, and (Especially) Redirected Aggression (David P. Barash) -- Part Three. Violent Origins Revisited -- Violent Origins: Mimetic Rivalry in Darwinian Evolution (Melvin Konner) -- Mechanisms of Internal Cohesion: Scapegoating and Parochial Altruism (Zoey Reeve) -- A Mediatory Theory of Hominization (Giuseppe Fornari) -- Part Four. Interpreting Archaeological Data: Mimetic Readings of Çatalhöyük and Göbekli Tepe -- Animal Scapegoating at Çatalhöyük (René Girard) -- Self-transcendence and Tangled Hierarchies in Çatalhöyük (Jean-Pierre Dupuy) -- Rethinking the Neolithic Revolution: Symbolism and Sacrifice at Göbekli Tepe (Paul Gifford and Pierpaolo Antonello) -- Part Five. The Evolutionary Hermeneutics of Homo Religiosus -- Intrinsic or Situated Religiousness: A Girardian Solution (Warren S. Brown, James Van Slyke, and Scott Garrels) -- Homo religiosus in Mimetic Perspective: An Evolutionary Dialogue (Paul Gifford) -- About the Authors -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (406 p) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61186-173-0 |
