Full Description
Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropologytraces the interaction of evolutionary thought and anthropological theory from Herbert Spencer to the twenty-first century. It is a focused examination of how the idea of evolution has continued to provide anthropology with a master principle around which a vast body of data can be organized and synt
Contents
1 The Early History of Evolutionism -- 2 The Reconstruction of Cultural Evolution -- 3 The Characteristics of Cultural Evolution -- 4 The Determinants of Cultural Evolution -- 5 Anti-Evolutionism in the Ascendancy -- 6 Early Stages in the Reemergence of Evolutionism -- 7 Issues in Late Midcentury Evolutionism -- 8 Features of the Evolutionary Process -- 9 What Drives the Evolution of Culture? -- 10 Other Perspectives on Cultural Evolution -- 11 Elements of Evolutionary Formulations -- 12 Current Issues and Attitudes in the Study of Cultural Evolution
