The eighth day : social evolution as the self-organization of energy /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adams, Richard N. (Richard Newbold), 1924-2018 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 1988.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Social evolution.
Force and energy.
Self-organizing systems.
Évolution sociale.
Force et énergie.
Systèmes auto-organisés.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Force and energy
Self-organizing systems
Social evolution
Énergie.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Introduction; 1. Preliminaries; Principles and Explanations; Anthropological Antecedents; Monism and Materialism; Studies of Energy and Society; 2. Energy Process; Energy Forms; Equilibrium and Dissipative Structures; Stability and Steady States; Appendix: Note on Odum's Energy Quality
  • 3. Energy Dynamics; The Laws of Thermodynamics; Lotka's Principle; Minimum Dissipation Principle; Trigger-Flow Mechanisms and Principles; 4. Self-Organization; Introduction; Equilibrium Bases of Self-Organization; Autopoiesis; Perturbations; Self-Triggering
  • Appendix: Order and Functional Organization5. Culture; Mental Self-Organization; Informational Dynamics; Cultural Process; Appendix: Energy and Values; 6. Domestication; Domestication? Why Bother?; Ecological and Human Controls; Human Dominance, Culture, and Power; Indigenous California Society; The Emergence of Social Hierarchies; Political and Ideological Implications; Notes; 7. Natural Selection; The Broader Issue; In Equilibrium Structures; Self-Organization of Dissipative Structures; Selection and Epistemology; 8. Boundary Dynamics; Social Boundaries; Energetic Boundaries
  • Environments and Closure9. Civilization; The Meaning of Civilization
  • Civilization as a Trigger; The Origins and Future of Civilization; Notes; 10. Humanities; The Classics; Free-Floating Triggers; 11. Expansion in Social Hierarchy: A Model; Social Survival Vehicles and Coaxal Structures; Novel and Secondary Constructions; The Emergence of Hierarchy: Work and Regulation; 12. Energy and Industrialization; Modeling Industrialization Expansion; The Energy Sector Model; Interactive Changes among Sectors; Expansion of the Regulatory Sector; Notes
  • Postscript. Development and Contemporary Social EvolutionReferences; Index

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