Cultural Selection 70174 Stuttgart Seite: 15 - 16

Seite: 15 - 16

In Zeitschriften

Dynamik und Kultur untersucht (Kapitel 2)

zur Philosophie von Platon und Aristoteles

the history of virtue theory is well-documented (Sherman

Cultural Selection 70174 Stuttgart Seite: 15 - 161. INTRODUCTION This book describes a new interdisciplinary theory for explaining cultural change. In contrast to traditional evolutionist theories, the present theory stresses the fact that a culture can evolve in different directions depending on its life conditions. Cultural selection theory explains why certain cultures or cultural ele ments spread, possibly at the expense of other cultures or cultural elements which then disappear. Cultural