Order and Anarchy - Civil Society, Social Disorder and War

Informationen zum Autor Robert Layton is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Durham. Klappentext Through the study of civil society, the evolution of social relations, and the breakdown of social order, Order and Anarchy re-examines the role of violence in human social evolution. Drawing on anthropology, political science, and evolutionary theory, it offers a novel approach to understanding stability and instability in human society. Utilising case studies ranging from ephemeral African gold rush communities and the night club scene in Britain to stable hunter-gatherer and peasant cultures, Robert Layton provides a radical critique of current concepts of civil society. Zusammenfassung Studying civil society! the evolution of social relations! and the breakdown of social order! Order and Anarchy re-examines the role of violence in human social evolution. Drawing on anthropology! political science! and evolutionary theory! it offers a novel approach to understanding stability and instability in human society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; 1. Civil society and social cohesion; 2. Self-interest and social evolution; 3. The breakdown of social order; 4. Warfare, biology and culture; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Layton, Robert (University of Durham) Layton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.2006
• EAN: 9780521674430
• ISBN: 978-0-521-67443-0
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education