ISBN:
0511082355
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0511614284
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9780511082351
,
9780511614286
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (v, 231 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Distin, Kate, 1970- Selfish meme
DDC:
306/.01
Keywords:
Culture
;
Social evolution
;
Human evolution
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Culture
;
Human evolution
;
Social evolution
;
Evolution
;
Hominisation
;
Kultur
;
Cultuur
;
Cultuuroverdracht
;
Evolutie
;
Memen
;
Mem
Abstract:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The Meme Hypothesis; 3 Cultural DNA; 4 The Replication of Complex Culture; 5 Variation; 6 Selection; 7 The Story So Far; 8 The Human Mind: Meme Complex with a Virus?; 9 The Meme's Eye View; 10 Early Cultural Evolution; 11 Memetic DNA; 12 Memes and the Mind; 13 Science, Religion and Society: What Can Memes Tell Us?; 14 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Abstract:
Kate Distin's highly readable and accessible book presents for the first time a fully developed and workable concept of cultural DNA. She argues that culture develops both through memetic evolution and human creativity, and that mimetic evolution is perfectly compatible with the view of humans as conscious and intelligent
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index
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