Lewens, Tim

Cultural evolution : conceptual challenges / Tim Lewens. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015. - x, 205 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgemnts -- Introduction: Darwinism in Dispute -- 1. What is Cultural Evolutionary Theory? -- 2. The Kinetic Theory of Culture -- 3. '''Culture is Information' -- 4. Human Nature in Theory -- 5. Human Nature in Practice -- 6. The Perils of Cultural Models -- 7. Populations, People, and Power -- 8. Cultural Adaptationism -- 9. Eclectic Evolution: The Case of the Emotions -- References -- Index

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