Abstract
In this paper concerns the adequacy of competing models of the people in the sociological, socio-economic and socio-biological theory tradition for the explanation of complex social phenomena. It is proposed that in the mainstream sociological theory tradition preferred model to modify the socialized man by embedding in an evolutionary theoretical concept which receives the objections of the economic tradition with regard to individual decisions on actions and objections from the biological tradition with regard to genetic influences, without the independent importance of culture to eliminate social science explanations. In an evolutionary sketch is shown that an application of Darwin's theory on socio-cultural phenomena of man is possible to cooperate in the genetic, situational and cultural factors as causal factors unrelated. Culture is seen in it as an adaptive process in which the genetically inherited organism-environment relationships in emergent forms of social systems and cultural environments are expanded. With regard to causal explanations through evolutionary mechanisms, the proportion of human individuals for the dynamic aspects of socio-cultural phenomena is emphasized.
Translated title of the contribution | Homo – sociologicus – sapiens: On the Integration of Sociological Models of Man in the Theory of Evolution |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 348-371 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Zeitschrift für Soziologie |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 5 |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- Sociology and Political Science