Monthly Archives: June 2019

Sociocultural Evolution: Institutions as Survivor Machines

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Seth Abrutyn

Like the concept culture, institution has so many definitions that it is may be a useless term in the long-run (for a much more in-depth take, see Abrutyn 2014). Nonetheless, sociology, according to Durkheim (1895), is the science of institutions. Institutions were, for … Continue reading →

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The Nuts and Bolts of Evolution, IV: General Evolution

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Seth Abrutyn

Having laid out some key aspects of evolution in previous posts (here, here, and here), I want to turn to the two strategies sociologists may follow that biological evolution takes: general and specific evolution. Specific evolution is phylogenetic, or the comparative study … Continue reading →

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