Kinship, religion, and economy were not 'natural' to humans, nor to species of apes that had to survive on the African savanna. This book dispels many myths about the beginning of society to gain fresh understandings of the many pressures on societies.
Rich and multi-dimensional study of long-standing taboo.
However, while world-systems analysis has emphasized this latter point, the authors argue the reluctance to theorize complex abstract models and systems... Læs mere
The meso-level realm of social reality is structured by corporate and categoric units, along with their respective cultures.
What occurs within encounters is constrained by their embedding with corporate and categoric units and, by extension, institutional domains,... Læs mere
In a general study of Sociological Theory, social processes are usually broken down into three tiers: macrodynamics (societies and large-scale institutions), microdynamics (interpersonal encounters), and mesodynamics (corporations, communities, smaller organizations).
In a general study of Sociological Theory, social processes are usually broken down into three tiers: macrodynamics (societies and large-scale institutions), microdynamics (interpersonal encounters), and mesodynamics (corporations, communities, smaller organizations).
What occurs within encounters is constrained by their embedding with corporate and categoric units and, by extension, institutional domains,... Læs mere