Social Evolutionism by Stephen K Sanderson

Social Evolutionism by Stephen K Sanderson

In this book Sanderson turns a critical eye on theorists from Herbert Spencer and Talcott Parsons to contemporary thinkers such as Gerhard Lenski and Marvin Harris, examining in each case the logical and epistemological foundation of the theory, and drawing essential distinctions between theories. In this examination of the history of evolutionary thought, Stephen Sanderson reveals how the global term "evolutionism" is used to describe a complex variety of specific theories, and traces in detail the distinguishing characteristics of these theories and their critics. In the process, the author develops the argument that because critics of evolutionary theory have failed to distinguish among different versions of it, their criticisms are often misdirected at theories for which they have little or no relevance.

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ISBN 13	9781557860736
ISBN 10	1557860734
Titel	Social Evolutionism
Autor	Stephen K Sanderson
Serie	Studies In Social Discontinuity
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Verlag	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	1990-09-06
Seitenanzahl	256
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