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Author:
Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin, 1946-
Title:
Darwin's conjecture : the search for general principles of social and economic evolution / Geoffrey M. Hodgson and Thorbjorn Knudsen.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xii, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Social Darwinism.
Social evolution.
Natural selection--Social aspects.
Other Authors:
Knudsen, Thorbjørn.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p.[243]-275) and index.
Contents:
The challenge of Darwinism for the social sciences -- Generalizing Darwinism -- Rivals and rebuttals -- The Lamarckian confusion -- The principle of selection and its application to social evolution -- Information, complexity, and generative replication -- From group selection to organizational interactors -- Major informational transitions in social evolution -- Conclusion and agenda for future research.
ISBN:
0226346900 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780226346908 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2010009308
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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