Darwin's conjecture : the search for general principles of social and economic evolution

Publication Data

• Title Darwin's conjecture : the search for general principles of social and economic evolution
• Author Geoffrey Martin Hodgson
• Contributor Thorbjørn Knudsen
• Publisher University of Chicago Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Chicago, Ill.
• Language English

Contents

The challenge of Darwinism for the social sciences
Generalizing Darwinism
Rivals and rebuttals
The Lamarckian confusion
The principle of selection and its application to social evolution
Information, complexity, and generative replication
From group selection to organizational interactors
Major information transitions in social evolution
Conclusion and agenda for future research.

Topics

• Social Darwinism
• Social evolution
• 015594294

Darwin's conjecture : the search for general principles of social and economic evolution by Geoffrey Martin Hodgson. ISBN 9780226346908. Published by University of Chicago Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.