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Routledge - Man in Adaptation: The Institutional Framework

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Explore the deep connections between human activity and societal survival with Man in Adaptation: The Institutional Framework by Routledge. This text examines how specific activities and institutions fit into the broader adaptive strategies of a society. It addresses the fundamental questions of how changes in a group's strategy of adaptation create pressures that lead to shifts within various social spheres. Readers will examine the human demands inherent in a hunting-gathering strategy and how these needs shape family systems, modes of social control, religious beliefs, and personality structures. The book also investigates the reorganization of life as groups transition between different modes of existence. This work provides a detailed look at how values, ideologies, and social practices respond to the changing requirements of human survival and adaptation.

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Analyze how specific social institutions and activities function within a society's overall strategy for adaptation.

Examine the pressures that drive change in different social spheres when a group's adaptive strategy shifts.

Learn how hunting-gathering strategies influence the development of family systems and social control methods.

Study the relationship between survival strategies and the formation of religious beliefs, values, and ideologies.

Understand the reorganization of human life and personality structures during transitions between different social modes.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1138527548
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 14 July 2017
Listed Since: 31 August 2017

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