Author : C.R.Hallpike
Release : 2011-08-12
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis On Primitive Society by : C.R.Hallpike
Download or read book On Primitive Society written by C.R.Hallpike. This book was released on 2011-08-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political correctness in social anthropology has made the terms primitive society, social evolution and even human nature unacceptable, and removed the possibility of open academic debate about them. Written from the perspective of a lifetimes research, this collection of papers takes a hard look at these taboos, and challenges some fundamental assumptions of post-modern thinking. Including some new material on memetics, evolutionary psychology and Darwinian theory in the social sciences, this collection provides a long-overdue assessment of some key topics in modern anthropology.