Book chapter
"Social Evolution" in the Light of the Human-Condition Paradigm
AFTER PARSONS, pp.308-333
01 Jan 2005
Abstract
Revisits Parsons's treatment of social evolution, which emerged during the 1960s & early 1970s, with particular reference to the human condition paradigm about which he wrote in his final major essay but had been working on from the summer of 1974. The fundamental significance of the human condition paradigm for grasping human evolution is considered, as are some of the implications for the theory of action. The conceptual resonance of the human condition paradigm is underscored, along with the dilemmas that it presents for comprehending human evolution, given that the mode & logic of his reasoning are inconsistent with the conceptualization of evolution in Darwinian biology. References. K. Coddon
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- Title
- "Social Evolution" in the Light of the Human-Condition Paradigm
- Creators
- Victor Lidz
- Publication Details
- AFTER PARSONS, pp.308-333
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; [Retired Faculty]
- Identifiers
- 991021895675304721