Social Evolution

by Mark Pluciennik

The concept of social evolution in its modern form became widespread 250 years ago as part of the Enlightenment, and yet it still structures the thinking of academics, politicians and the public in a myriad ways. Hunter-gatherers become the repository of the natural or primitive; civilisation and 'our' history is deemed to begin with farming societies; and state societies are seen as the only gateway to social complexity. Through a historical and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715632876
• ISBN13: 9780715632871
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.6"