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The Return of Science

Evolution, History, and Theory
Buch | Softcover
320 Seiten
2002
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-7425-2161-2 (ISBN)
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In this collection of essays, historians discuss the applications of evolutionary theory to cultural, social, economic and political phenomena. Contributors include anthropologist Donald Brown, archaeologist Albert Naccache and demographer Noel Bonneuil.
Social scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians have adapted evolutionary theory for use in a variety of disciplines for several decades, but until now historians have lagged behind. In The Return of Science, several distinguished historians join prominent scholars from a wide range of disciplines to debate the applications of evolutionary theory to cultural, social, economic, and political phenomena. The contributors offer original theoretical approaches and deal with issues such as the benefits, limits, and dangers of using evolutionary theory in the social sciences, the problem of defining units of evolution, the use of mathematics in historical study, and the appropriateness of chaos theory in historical study. Originally published as part of the journal History and Theory, these revised and updated essays are a valuable resource for historiographers.

Philip Pomper is William F. Armstrong Professor of History at Wesleyan University. David Gary Shaw is associate professor of history at Wesleyan University.

Chapter 1 An Interdisciplinary Paradigm Shift
Chapter 2 History and the Scientific World View
Chapter 3 A Brief History of Evolution
Chapter 4 Evolving toward History
Chapter 5 Human Nature and History
Chapter 6 Evolutionary Theory and Group Selection: The Question of Warfare
Chapter 7 Evolutionary Theory of History
Chapter 8 Darwinizing History: The Evolution of Power in Russia
Chapter 9 On the Role of Mathematical Biology in Contemporary Historiography
Chapter 10 History, Differential Inclusions, and Narrative
Chapter 11 Does Culture Evolve?
Chapter 12 On the Problem of Laws in Nature and History: A Comparison

Co-Autor William H. McNeill, Albert F. H. Naccache, Bruce Mazlish
Sprache englisch
Maße 149 x 225 mm
Gewicht 413 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10 0-7425-2161-3 / 0742521613
ISBN-13 978-0-7425-2161-2 / 9780742521612
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