A collection of essays by scholars of anthropology and biology, using scientific methods to examine the effects of culture on behavior. The book introduces a variety of theoretical perspectives, through studies grounded in fieldwork, to illustrate how evolution works. Melissa J. Brown is assistant professor of anthropology at Stanford University. The other contributors include Kenichi Aoki, Christophe Boesch, Robert Borofsky, Samuel Bowles, Robert Boyd, Roy D'Andrade, William H. Durham, Marcus W. Feldman, Herbert Gintis, Joseph Henrich, Yasuo Ihara, James Holland Jones, Peter J. Richerson, Gregory Starrett, and Arthur P. Wolf.…mehr
A collection of essays by scholars of anthropology and biology, using scientific methods to examine the effects of culture on behavior. The book introduces a variety of theoretical perspectives, through studies grounded in fieldwork, to illustrate how evolution works. Melissa J. Brown is assistant professor of anthropology at Stanford University. The other contributors include Kenichi Aoki, Christophe Boesch, Robert Borofsky, Samuel Bowles, Robert Boyd, Roy D'Andrade, William H. Durham, Marcus W. Feldman, Herbert Gintis, Joseph Henrich, Yasuo Ihara, James Holland Jones, Peter J. Richerson, Gregory Starrett, and Arthur P. Wolf.
Melissa J. Brown is assistant professor of anthropology at Stanford University. The other contributors are Kenichi Aoki, Christophe Boesch, Robert Borofsky, Samuel Bowles, Robert Boyd, Roy D'Andrade, William H. Durham, Marcus W. Feldman, Herbert Gintis, Joseph Henrich, Yasuo Ihara, James Holland Jones, Peter J. Richerson, Gregory Starrett, and Arthur P. Wolf.
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Developing a Scientific Paradigm for Understanding Culture / Melissa J. Brown Part One: What is Culture? 1. Some Kinds of Causal Powers That Make Up Culture / Roy D'Andrade 2. Culture in Evolution: Toward an Integration of Chimpanzee and Human Cultures / Christophe Boesch 3. Dissent with Modification: Cultural Evolution and Social Niche Construction / Marcus W. Feldman Part Two: Modeling-Based Case Studies 4. Cultural Evolution: Accomplishments and Future Prospects / Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd 5. Conditions for the Spread of Culturally Transmitted Costly Punishment of Sib Mating / Kenichi Aoki, Yasuo Ihara, and Marcus W. Feldman 6. Sexually Transmitted Infections as Biomarkers of Cultural Behavior / James Holland Jones Part Three: Ethnographic Case Studies 7. When Culture Affects Behavior: A New Look at Kuru / William H. Durham 8. When Culture Does Not Affect Behavior: The Structural Basis of Ethnic Identity / Melissa J. Brown 9. A Cultural Species / Joseph Henrich 10. Culture Matters: Inferences from Comparative Behavioral Experiments and Evolutionary Models / Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis Part Four: Challenges to a Science of Culture 11. Cultural Evolution and Uxorilocal Marriage in China: A Second Opinion / Arthur P. Wolf 12. When Theory Is Data: Coming to Terms with "Culture" as a Way of Life / Gregory Starrett 13. Studying "Culture" Scientifically Is an Oxymoron: The Interesting Question Is Why People Don't Accept This / Robert Borofsky Epilogue: Future Considerations / Melissa J. Brown References Contributors Index
Acknowledgments Introduction: Developing a Scientific Paradigm for Understanding Culture / Melissa J. Brown Part One: What is Culture? 1. Some Kinds of Causal Powers That Make Up Culture / Roy D'Andrade 2. Culture in Evolution: Toward an Integration of Chimpanzee and Human Cultures / Christophe Boesch 3. Dissent with Modification: Cultural Evolution and Social Niche Construction / Marcus W. Feldman Part Two: Modeling-Based Case Studies 4. Cultural Evolution: Accomplishments and Future Prospects / Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd 5. Conditions for the Spread of Culturally Transmitted Costly Punishment of Sib Mating / Kenichi Aoki, Yasuo Ihara, and Marcus W. Feldman 6. Sexually Transmitted Infections as Biomarkers of Cultural Behavior / James Holland Jones Part Three: Ethnographic Case Studies 7. When Culture Affects Behavior: A New Look at Kuru / William H. Durham 8. When Culture Does Not Affect Behavior: The Structural Basis of Ethnic Identity / Melissa J. Brown 9. A Cultural Species / Joseph Henrich 10. Culture Matters: Inferences from Comparative Behavioral Experiments and Evolutionary Models / Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis Part Four: Challenges to a Science of Culture 11. Cultural Evolution and Uxorilocal Marriage in China: A Second Opinion / Arthur P. Wolf 12. When Theory Is Data: Coming to Terms with "Culture" as a Way of Life / Gregory Starrett 13. Studying "Culture" Scientifically Is an Oxymoron: The Interesting Question Is Why People Don't Accept This / Robert Borofsky Epilogue: Future Considerations / Melissa J. Brown References Contributors Index
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