The evolution of human co-operation : ritual and social complexity in stateless societies / Charles...
The evolution of human co-operation : ritual and social complexity in stateless societies / Charles...
The evolution of human co-operation : ritual and social complexity in stateless societies / Charles Stanish (University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Fe Institute, Sante Fe, New Mexico).
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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G 2018/0023
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The evolution of human co-operation -- Economic anthropology of stateless societies: the rise and fall of homo economicus -- Conditional cooperators: the evolutionary game theory revolution -- The role of coercion in social theory -- The ritualized economy: how people in stateless societies co-opera...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"How do people living in small groups without money, markets, police and rigid social classes develop norms of economic and social cooperation that are sustainable over time? This book addresses this fundamental question and explains the origin, structure and spread of stateless societies. Using insights from game theory, ethnography and archaeolog...
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The evolution of human co-operation : ritual and social complexity in stateless societies / Charles Stanish (University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Fe Institute, Sante Fe, New Mexico).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-323) and index.
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©2017
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G 2018/0023
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74VKVGAe74od
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGAe74od
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ISBN
1107180554
9781107180550
DDC
306.3
MMS ID
991024154718602626
