W G Runciman

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A Treatise on Social Theory: Volume 2, Substantive Social TheoryHardcover, 24 February 1989

A Treatise on Social Theory: Volume 2, Substantive Social Theory
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Treatise on Social Theory / W.G. Runciman
Print Length
512 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Date Published
24 Feb 1989
ISBN-10
0521249597
ISBN-13
9780521249591

Description

This second of three volumes sets out a general account of the structure and evolution of human societies. The author argues first that societies are to be defined as sets of roles whose incumbents are competitors for access to, or control of, the means of production, persuasion and coercion; and second, that the process by which societies evolve is one of competitive selection of the practices by which roles are defined analagous, but not reducible, to natural selection. He illustrates and tests these theses with evidence drawn from the whole range of societies documented in the historical and ethnographic record. The result is an original, powerful and far-reaching reformulation of evolutionary sociological theory which will make it possible to do for the classification and analysis of societies what Darwin and his successors have done for the classification and analysis of species.

Product Details

Author:
W G Runciman
Book Format:
Hardcover
Date Published:
24 February 1989
Dimensions:
22.81 x 15.19 x 3.3 cm
ISBN-10:
0521249597
ISBN-13:
9780521249591
Language:
English
Location:
Cambridge
Pages:
512
Weight:
616.89 gm

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