Normal view
MARC view
Cultural evolution / Kate Distin.
Publication details: Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: vi, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780521769013 :
- 0521769019 :
- GN281 .D58 2011
Contents:
Introduction : "Small consequences of one general law" -- pt. 1. The inheritance of cultural information. What is information? How is information inherited? -- pt. 2. The inheritance of cultural information : natural language. Natural language and culture : the biological building blocks ; How did natural language evolve? ; Language, thought, and culture -- pt. 3. The inheritance of cultural information : artefactual language. How did artefactual language evolve? ; Artefactual language, representation and culture ; Money : an artefactual language ; Money : the explanatory power of artefactual languages -- pt. 4. The receivers of cultural information. How does human diversity affect cultural evolution? -- pt. 5. The expression of cultural information. Aspects of the cultural ecology ; Patterns of cultural taxonomy ; Conclusion : a representational understanding of cultural evolution -- Appendix : What about mimetics?
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | GN 281 .D58 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5050847 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-261) and index.
Introduction : "Small consequences of one general law" -- pt. 1. The inheritance of cultural information. What is information? How is information inherited? -- pt. 2. The inheritance of cultural information : natural language. Natural language and culture : the biological building blocks ; How did natural language evolve? ; Language, thought, and culture -- pt. 3. The inheritance of cultural information : artefactual language. How did artefactual language evolve? ; Artefactual language, representation and culture ; Money : an artefactual language ; Money : the explanatory power of artefactual languages -- pt. 4. The receivers of cultural information. How does human diversity affect cultural evolution? -- pt. 5. The expression of cultural information. Aspects of the cultural ecology ; Patterns of cultural taxonomy ; Conclusion : a representational understanding of cultural evolution -- Appendix : What about mimetics?
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