The new evolutionary sociology recent and revitalized theoretical and methodological approaches / by Jonathan H. Turner, University of California, Santa Barbara, Richard Machalek, University of Wyoming.

Author/creator Turner, Jonathan H.
Other author Machalek, Richard, 1946-
Format Electronic
Edition1 Edition.
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2018]
Descriptionpages cm.
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SeriesEvolutionary analysis in the social sciences
Contents A brief history of evolutionary analysis in sociology -- The continuing sociological tradition -- Can functionalism be saved? : toward a more viable form of evolutionary thinking -- Stage-model theories of societal evolution -- Inter-societal models of societal evolution -- New forms of ecological theorizing in evolutionary sociology -- Darwinian analysis and alternatives -- The evolution of social behavior by natural selection -- The rise of sociobiology -- Sociobiology and human behavior -- Evolutionary psychology and the search for the adapted mind -- The limitations of darwinian analysis -- New models of natural selection in socio-cultural evolution -- New darwinian approaches within sociology -- New forms of comparative sociology : what primates can tell sociology about humans? -- In search of human nature : using the tools of cross-species comparative analysis -- The evolution of the human brain: applications of neurosociology -- Cross-species comparative sociology -- Cross-species analysis of megasociality -- Behavioral and interpersonal basis of megasociality : evidence from primates -- Epilogue: prospect for a new evolutionary sociology -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2017051545
ISBN9780815386117 (hb)
ISBN9780815387084 (pb)

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