Social Transformations : a General Theory of Historical Development.

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In Social Transformations Stephen K. Sanderson develops a general theory of social evolution and uses it to explain the most important evolutionary transformations in human history and prehistory. In this expanded edition Sanderson has added a discussion of the biological constraints acting on human...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sanderson, Stephen K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1999.
Temas:
Social evolution.
Economic anthropology.
Capitalism.
Cultural Evolution
Évolution sociale.
Anthropologie économique.
Capitalism
Economic anthropology
Social evolution
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Preface to the Expanded Edition
  • 1 Evolutionary Materialism: A General Theory of Historical Development
  • The Theoretical Strategy of Evolutionary Materialism
  • Evolutionary Materialism and World History
  • 2 The Neolithic Revolution
  • Hunter-Gatherer Societies Before 10,000 BP
  • The Worldwide Transition to Agriculture
  • Explaining the Worldwide Transition to Agriculture
  • Conclusions
  • 3 The Origin of Civilization and the State
  • A Typology of Sociopolitical Evolution
  • The Origin of Civilization and the State as a Process of Parallel Evolution
  • Explaining the Origin of Civilization and the State
  • The Pace of State Evolution
  • Coda: Reconstructing Social Evolution Using the Comparative Method
  • 4 Agrarian States and their Evolutionary Dynamics
  • Social Change in Agrarian States
  • Agrarian States as Pre capitalist World-Systems
  • Social Devolution and the Collapse of Agrarian States
  • Conclusion: The Evolutionary Dynamics of Agrarian States
  • 5 The Capitalist Revolution and the Beginnings of the Modern World
  • Feudalism in World History
  • The Nature of Capitalism
  • The Origins of European Capitalism
  • The Japanese Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism
  • Theories ·of the Transition to Capitalism
  • A New Interpretation
  • 6 The Evolution of the Modern World, I: The Expanding and Evolving Modern World-System
  • The Structure and Dynamics of the Modern World-System
  • The Evolution of the Capitalist World-Economy, 1500-1995
  • Hegemony in the World-Economy
  • Development and Underdevelopment in the World-System
  • Some Test Cases
  • The Interstate System: The Political Side of the Modern World-System
  • 7 The Evolution of the Modern World, II: The Emergence of the Institutions of Modernity
  • Industrialization in the West and Japan.
  • The Rise and Demise of State Socialism
  • Stratification and Mobility in the Age of Modernity
  • The Evolution of the Modern State
  • The Emergence and Expansion of Mass Education
  • The Scientific Revolution and the Development of Modern Science
  • The Emergence of a Postindustrial Society?
  • 8 The Question of Progress
  • Before the Rise of Modern Capitalism
  • After the Rise of Modern Capitalism
  • Conclusions
  • 9 The Evolving Future
  • A Futuristic Scenario: W. Warren Wagar
  • The Challenges: Population Growth and Ecological Degradation
  • The Challenges: Nuclear War
  • The Challenges: A World State
  • The Challenges: Capitalism, Socialism, or Barbarism?
  • The Crisis and Collapse of Capitalist-Sensate Culture
  • 10 Theoretical Reprise
  • Afterword to the Expanded Edition: Biological Constraints on Social Evolution
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author.

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