{"product_id":"social-evolutionism-a-critical-history-paperback-softback-9781557863379","title":"Social Evolutionism; A Critical History (Paperback \/ softback) 9781557863379","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocial Evolutionism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen K. Sanderson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781557863379, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 October 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 2.1 cm, 0.397 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Sanderson writes with admirable clarity, and with a relaxed, easy-going (yet unpatronizing) style. There is none of the jargon and intellectual pomposity that afflict so much writing in sociological and anthropological theory. Indeed, the book would be readily comprehensive to a virtual beginner with little or no previous knowledge of the field.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Everything graduate students want to prepare for their generals: a succinct, clear presentation of over a century of evolutionary thinking in the social sciences, with incisive criticisms. The main strands of social evolutionism are skillfully disentangled are related to biological evolutionism. I can think of no better text to use in any course on sociological theory.\" \u003ci\u003ePierre van den Berghe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"One of the most important books i have read in recent years. It cuts through the nihilism and antiscientism of the past decade with a splandidly shiny sciences... His expositions of the works of leading figures make for one brilliant tour de force after another.\" \u003ci\u003eMarvin Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The text is superb. It is easily the outstanding treatment of the subject in print. It deserves wide currency and should becmoe the standard textbook for any sociology or anthropology course on sociocultural evolution.\" \u003ci\u003eRobert L Carneiro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSocial Evolutionism \u003c\/i\u003eStephen Sanderson provide a lucid account of a body of theory that has profoundly affected both intellectual and popular assumptions about human nature, society, and behavior. He describes the prominent and controversial role that evolutionary ideas have played in the development of social theory. He demonstrates the diversity of evolutionary ideas by comparing their notions of causation, their assumptions about human progress, and the adequacy of their modes of explanation and interpretation of evidence. Although he is highly critical of some aspects of evolutionary thinking and some modes of evolutionism, Professor Sanderson shows that an evolutionary interpretation of world history contributes vital insights about the character of human social life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEditor's Preface xi \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI The Nature of Social Evolutionism 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Classical Evolutionism 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Antievolutionary Reaction 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Marxism as Evolutionism 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Evolutionary Revival 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Sociological Neoevolutionism 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Anthropological Evolutionism Since 1960 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Evolutionary Biology and Social Evolutionism 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Contemporary Antievolutionism 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Sociocultural Evolution 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 244\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441821610264,"sku":"9781557863379","price":35.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781557863379.jpg?v=1785027676","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/social-evolutionism-a-critical-history-paperback-softback-9781557863379","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}