How we became human: mimetic theory and the science of evolutionary origins

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. Questions of Methodology and Hermeneutics: Mimetic Theory, Darwinism, and Cultural Evolution -- Coevolution and Mimesis (William H. Durham) -- Genes and Mimesis: Structural Patterns in Darwinism and Mimetic Theory (Paul Dumouchel) --...

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Contributors: Antonello, Pierpaolo 1965- (Editor) ; Gifford, Paul 1944- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: East Lansing Michigan State University Press 2015
In:Year: 2015
Reviews:[Rezension von: How we became human : mimetic theory and the science of evolutionary origins] (2019) (Gruenler, Curtis A., 1964 -)
Series/Journal:Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture
Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture Ser
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Social evolution
B Electronic books
B Conference program
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Summary:Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. Questions of Methodology and Hermeneutics: Mimetic Theory, Darwinism, and Cultural Evolution -- Coevolution and Mimesis (William H. Durham) -- Genes and Mimesis: Structural Patterns in Darwinism and Mimetic Theory (Paul Dumouchel) -- Maladaptation, Counterintuitiveness, and Symbolism: The Challenge of Mimetic Theory to Evolutionary Thinking (Pierpaolo Antonello) -- Part Two. Imitation, Desire, Victimization: Examining Mimetic Theory on the Evidence -- Convergence between Mimetic Theory and Imitation Research (Scott Garrels) -- The Deepest Principle of Life: Neurobiology and the Psychology of Desire (William B. Hurlbut) -- The Three Rs: Retaliation, Revenge, and (Especially) Redirected Aggression (David P. Barash) -- Part Three. Violent Origins Revisited -- Violent Origins: Mimetic Rivalry in Darwinian Evolution (Melvin Konner) -- Mechanisms of Internal Cohesion: Scapegoating and Parochial Altruism (Zoey Reeve) -- A Mediatory Theory of Hominization (Giuseppe Fornari) -- Part Four. Interpreting Archaeological Data: Mimetic Readings of Çatalhöyük and Göbekli Tepe -- Animal Scapegoating at Çatalhöyük (René Girard) -- Self-transcendence and Tangled Hierarchies in Çatalhöyük (Jean-Pierre Dupuy) -- Rethinking the Neolithic Revolution: Symbolism and Sacrifice at Göbekli Tepe (Paul Gifford and Pierpaolo Antonello) -- Part Five. The Evolutionary Hermeneutics of Homo Religiosus -- Intrinsic or Situated Religiousness: A Girardian Solution (Warren S. Brown, James Van Slyke, and Scott Garrels) -- Homo religiosus in Mimetic Perspective: An Evolutionary Dialogue (Paul Gifford) -- About the Authors -- Index.
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ISBN:161186173X