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Neo-Darwinism is becoming an increasingly important influence on archaeological theory, as a number of recently edited books on `Darwinian archaeologies' make clear. However, many of these volumes are internationally inconsistent and reflect the muddled understanding many archaeologists have of the potential of Darwin's thought for interpreting material culture. Ben Cullen's book starts by critiquing some recent neo-Darwinist approaches, including cultural evolutionism and cultural sociobiology. He then presents a neo-Darwinian paradigm of extreme power, which he has termed the Cultural Virus Theory (CVT). This focuses on explaining the transmission of ideas by comparing cultural memes wit natural genes. In the final section he takes the important step of applying this theory to real materials; demonstrating how CVT can be used to understand the spread of megalithic monuments in prehistoric North-West Europe, the diffusion of the renaissance in medieval Europe and the basis of stylistic change in pottery. Tragically this collection of brilliant thoughts is published posthumously. Ben Cullen was close to finishing a major book when he died suddenly in 1995 and his writings have been gathered into a consistent whole by James Steele, Richard Cullen and Christopher Chippendale.
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Neo-Darwinism is becoming an increasingly important influence on archaeological theory, as a number of recently edited books on `Darwinian archaeologies' make clear. However, many of these volumes are internationally inconsistent and reflect the muddled understanding many archaeologists have of the potential of Darwin's thought for interpreting material culture. Ben Cullen's book starts by critiquing some recent neo-Darwinist approaches, including cultural evolutionism and cultural sociobiology. He then presents a neo-Darwinian paradigm of extreme power, which he has termed the Cultural Virus Theory (CVT). This focuses on explaining the transmission of ideas by comparing cultural memes wit natural genes. In the final section he takes the important step of applying this theory to real materials; demonstrating how CVT can be used to understand the spread of megalithic monuments in prehistoric North-West Europe, the diffusion of the renaissance in medieval Europe and the basis of stylistic change in pottery. Tragically this collection of brilliant thoughts is published posthumously. Ben Cullen was close to finishing a major book when he died suddenly in 1995 and his writings have been gathered into a consistent whole by James Steele, Richard Cullen and Christopher Chippendale
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Contagious Ideas: On Evolution, Culture, Archaeology and Cultural Virus Theory
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.35. N° de réf. du vendeur G1842170147I4N00
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Contagious Ideas: On Evolution, Culture, Archaeology and Cultural Virus Theory.
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Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2000
ISBN 10 : 1842170147
ISBN 13 : 9781842170144
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Softcover. Etat : Sehr gut. 283 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Leicht berieben, sonst sehr gutes Exemplar. - This is a book about the transmission of culture and the development of a 'Cultural Virus Theory' to explain the processes of cultural change. This was Ben Cullen's intellectual project and his ideas, presented here in an edited version of his writings, are an important contribution to archaeological theory. Setting aside pre-existing frameworks for explaining culture change in archaeology and anthropology, Ben Cullen develops his own neo-Darwinian theory. Recognising that cultural traits are inherited by individuals independently of their genes and that selection acts on pre-existing variations, he explores ways in which cultural traits can be seen as self-reproducing entities analagous to viruses; the appropriateness of this analogy is the most distinctive premise of his Cultural Virus Theory. The core of this book is taken from Ben Cullen's doctoral thesis. After completing that he began to apply his theory to the explanation of cultural persistence and change in specific cases such as megalithic religion and Renaissance art, and to introduce new refinements of the virus metaphor for human culture. Ben Cullen was only thirty one when he died in 1995. His Cultural Virus Theory now assumes an evolutionary life of its own. ISBN 9781842170144 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 554. N° de réf. du vendeur 1192411
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Contagious Ideas: On Evolution, Culture, Archaeology and Cultural Virus Theory (On Evolution, Culture, Archaeology, and Cultral Virus Theory)
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Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2000
ISBN 10 : 1842170147
ISBN 13 : 9781842170144
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Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dustjacket. 8vo pp. xx 283.paperback edition,Âprevious owners details penned on verso of front cover. "Neo-Darwinism is becoming an increasingly important influence on archaeological theory, as a number of recently edited books on `Darwinian archaeologies' make clear. However, many of these volumes are internationally inconsistent and reflect the muddled understanding many archaeologists have of the potential of Darwin's? book. N° de réf. du vendeur 198197
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