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The First Institutional Spheres in Human Societies

Seth Abrutyn Jonathan Turner

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  • 2022
Few concepts are as central to sociology as institutions. Yet, like so many sociological concepts, institutions remain vaguely defined. This book expands a foundational definition of the institution, one which locates them as the basic building blocks of human societiesas structural and cultural machines for survival that make it possible to pass precious knowledge from one generation to the next, ensuring the survival of our species. The book extends this classic tradition by, first, applying advances in biological evolution, neuroscience, and primatology to explain the origins of human societies and, in particular, the first institutional sphere: kinship. The authors incorporate insights from natural sciences often marginalized in sociology, while highlighting the limitations of purely biogenetic, Darwinian explanations. Secondly, they build a vivid conceptual model of institutions and their central dynamics as the book charts the chronological evolution of kinship, polity, religion, law, and economy, discussing the biological evidence for the ubiquity of these institutions as evolutionary adaptations themselves.
  • Författare: Seth Abrutyn, Jonathan Turner
  • Illustratör: black and white 13 Tables 22 Line drawings, black and white 1 Halftones black and white 23 Illu
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9781032124131
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 472
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2022-03-16
  • Förlag: Routledge