From emails to social media, from instant messaging to political memes, the way we produce and transmit culture is radically changing. 'Cultural Evolution in the Digital Age' examines, for the first time in a cognitive and evolutionary perspective, the impact of online and digit…
A history of humanity's ancient ancestry draws on ground-breaking scientific findings to offer insight into such debated issues as the evolution of language and race, the domestication of companion animals, and the defeat of the Neanderthals.
Social theorists dwell on the canonical works of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim but little on the theories of the major contemporary macrotheorists. This book fills this gap with a focus on the work of four modern theorists who have taken on the larger questions spawned by classical …
Social theorists dwell on the canonical works of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim but little on the theories of the major contemporary macrotheorists. This book fills this gap with a focus on the work of four modern theorists who have taken on the larger questions spawned by classical …
"This volume consists of 13 chapters that move beyond meme-based approaches to cultural evolution and explore the impact of societal structures and their interactions in various elements of culture, such as spoken and written language, the institutional structure and interest gr…
The Emotional Mind argues for the centrality of emotions in the evolution of the human mind (and our primate cousins). The authors triangulate insights and data from philosophy, biology, and psychology to shape a new research program. While impressive research has been emerging …