cultural evolutionism

cultural evolutionism
Following of cultural evolution.

Wikipedia foundation.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Cultural evolutionism — attempts to describe and explain long term[clarification needed] change in human ways of life, insofar as those ways are socially rather than biologically acquired. Though often used interchangeably with the terms social evolution and… …   Wikipedia

  • cultural anthropology — cultural anthropologist. the branch of anthropology dealing with the origins, history, and development of human culture, and including in its scope the fields of archaeology, ethnology, and ethnography. Also called social anthropology. Cf.… …   Universalium

  • evolutionism — evolutionism, evolutionary theory In the nineteenth century, evolutionism was a current of thought based on a biological analogy , but distinguished from Darwinian theory by its deterministic nature. Darwin s general theory of evolution claims… …   Dictionary of sociology

  • Evolutionism — In the creation evolution controversy, those who accept the scientific theory of biological evolution by natural selection or genetic drift are often called evolutionists , and the theory of evolution itself is referred to as evolutionism by… …   Wikipedia

  • Cultural anthropology — For the journal, see Cultural Anthropology (journal). Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans, collecting data about the impact of global economic and political processes on local… …   Wikipedia

  • cultural lag — A concept and theory developed by William F. Ogburn as part of a wider theory of technological evolutionism . It suggests that there is a gap between the technical development of a society and its moral and legal institutions. The failure of the… …   Dictionary of sociology

  • Sociocultural evolution — Cultural evolution redirects here. For gene culture coevolution, see Dual inheritance theory. Sociology …   Wikipedia

  • Unilineal evolution — (also referred to as classical social evolution) is a 19th century social theory about the evolution of societies and cultures. It was composed of many competing theories by various sociologists and anthropologists, who believed that Western… …   Wikipedia

  • social change — ▪ sociology Introduction       in sociology, the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure, characterized by changes in cultural symbols, rules of behaviour, social organizations, or value systems.       Throughout the historical… …   Universalium

  • anthropology — anthropological /an threuh peuh loj i keuhl/, anthropologic, adj. anthropologically, adv. /an threuh pol euh jee/, n. 1. the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”