The evolution of human co-operation : ritual and social complexity in stateless societies

Parallelsachtitel: Evolution of human cooperation
1. Verfasser: Stanish, Charles, 1956- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Umfang/Format: xiii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: The evolution of human co-operation (Online version)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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-operate
  • An anthropological game theory model for the evolution of ritualized economies
  • The evolution of ritualized economies: the archaeological evidence
  • Epilogue: "no beans, no Jesus".