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Author_Jeroen Bruggeman
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computational models
computational models of cultural change
cultural evolution
empirical findings
encompassing
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evolutionary anthropology
field studies
group cohesion
historical sociology
history
inequality research
lab experiments
power dynamics
social network analysis
socio-cultural network
sociology
warfare studies
Product details
- ISBN 9781032608679
- Weight: 440g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 13 Mar 2024
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Based upon the interdependencies of human beings as we cooperate and conflict with each other, how we share information, and how culture evolves, this book proposes a sociology of humanity covering three hundred millennia. Grounded in empirical findings from archaeology, history, lab experiments, and field studies – supplemented for precision with computational network models of cultural evolution, cooperation, influence, cohesion, warfare, power, social balance, and inequality – this is the first attempt at encompassing sociology of humankind. Informed by the theory of cultural evolution, it extends the notion that cultural evolution connects humans of all times in a giant sociocultural network, thereby yielding coherence between a great many empirical findings. It will therefore appeal to scholars of sociology and anthropology with interests in historical sociology, cultural evolution, and social theory.
Jeroen Bruggeman is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the author of Social Networks: An Introduction.
