How Humans Cooperate: Confronting the Challenges of Collective Action
Autor Richard E. Blanton Contribuţii de Lane F. Fargheren Limba Engleză Paperback – dec 2016 – vârsta de la 18 ani
In How
Humans
Cooperate,
Richard
E.
Blanton
and
Lane
F.
Fargher
take
a
new
approach
to
investigating
human
cooperation,
developed
from
the
vantage
point
of
an
"anthropological
imagination."
Drawing
on
the
discipline’s
broad
and
holistic
understanding
of
humans
in
biological,
social,
and
cultural
dimensions
and
across
a
wide
range
of
temporal
and
cultural
variation,
the
authors
unite
psychological
and
institutional
approaches
by
demonstrating
the
interplay
of
institution
building
and
cognitive
abilities
of
the
human
brain.
Blanton and Fargher develop an approach that is strongly empirical, historically deep, and more synthetic than other research designs, using findings from fields as diverse as neurobiology, primatology, ethnography, history, art history, and archaeology. While much current research on collective action pertains to local-scale cooperation, How Humans Cooperate puts existing theories to the test at larger scales in markets, states, and cities throughout the Old and New Worlds.
This innovative book extends collective action theory beyond Western history and into a broadly cross-cultural dimension, places cooperation in the context of large and complex human societies, and demonstrates the interplay of collective action and aspects of human cognitive ability. By extending the scope and content of collective action theory, the authors find a fruitful new path to understanding human cooperation.
Blanton and Fargher develop an approach that is strongly empirical, historically deep, and more synthetic than other research designs, using findings from fields as diverse as neurobiology, primatology, ethnography, history, art history, and archaeology. While much current research on collective action pertains to local-scale cooperation, How Humans Cooperate puts existing theories to the test at larger scales in markets, states, and cities throughout the Old and New Worlds.
This innovative book extends collective action theory beyond Western history and into a broadly cross-cultural dimension, places cooperation in the context of large and complex human societies, and demonstrates the interplay of collective action and aspects of human cognitive ability. By extending the scope and content of collective action theory, the authors find a fruitful new path to understanding human cooperation.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781607326168
ISBN-10: 1607326167
Pagini: 436
Ilustrații: 40 black and white photographs, line drawings, maps, and tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University Press of Colorado
Colecția University Press of Colorado
ISBN-10: 1607326167
Pagini: 436
Ilustrații: 40 black and white photographs, line drawings, maps, and tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University Press of Colorado
Colecția University Press of Colorado
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Recenzii
"This
is
a
brilliant
work
that
offers
a
raft
of
insights
and
new
ideas
drawn
from
more
than
a
dozen
academic
disciplines.
.
.
.
Clearly,
this
is
a
topic
of
great
twenty-first-century
significance."
—Gary Feinman, The Field Museum
"How Humans Cooperate is 'big' anthropology, the likes of which we do not see every day. . . . Blanton and Fargher have done us a service by bringing this literature [of extra-anthropological disciplines] to our attention, and it will be interesting to see if other anthropologists pick up this line of investigation and what insights it yields."
—Anthropology Review Database
"[A] provocative book addressed not so much to archaeologists but to those who would choose to ignore wide swathes of our history in constructing models of how we interact with each other in larger groups. With Fargher, Blanton demonstrates that well-functioning institutions are foundational to maintaining collective benefits in both modern and pre-modern states."
—Antiquity
—Gary Feinman, The Field Museum
"How Humans Cooperate is 'big' anthropology, the likes of which we do not see every day. . . . Blanton and Fargher have done us a service by bringing this literature [of extra-anthropological disciplines] to our attention, and it will be interesting to see if other anthropologists pick up this line of investigation and what insights it yields."
—Anthropology Review Database
"[A] provocative book addressed not so much to archaeologists but to those who would choose to ignore wide swathes of our history in constructing models of how we interact with each other in larger groups. With Fargher, Blanton demonstrates that well-functioning institutions are foundational to maintaining collective benefits in both modern and pre-modern states."
—Antiquity
“A
wide-ranging
examination
of
how
various
factors,
including
intentionally
and
spontaneously
developed institutions
and
behaviors,
have
promoted
collective
action.
.
.
.
the
book
will
encourage
dialogue
between
the
presently
uncooperative
camps
of
‘collective
action
theorists’
and
‘evolutionary
psychologists’.”
—The Quarterly Review of Biology
—The Quarterly Review of Biology
Notă biografică
Richard
E.
Blanton is
professor
of
anthropology
at
Purdue
University.
A
recognized
authority
on
the
pre-Hispanic
cultures
of
Mesoamerica,
he
is
past
president
of
the
Society
for
Economic
Anthropology
and
a
Fellow
of
the
American
Association
for
the
Advancement
of
Science
and
has
made
significant
contributions
to
the
theoretical
and
comparative
study
of
early
states,
cities,
and
economies.
Lane F. Fargher is investigator in the Department of Human Ecology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN—Unidad Mérida, Yucatán, México and codirector of the Tlaxcallan Archaeological Project (in Tlaxcala, Mexico). A Mesoamerican archaeologist and cross-cultural researcher, he is interested in the role of cooperation and collective action in markets, ancient cities, landscapes, and households.
Lane F. Fargher is investigator in the Department of Human Ecology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN—Unidad Mérida, Yucatán, México and codirector of the Tlaxcallan Archaeological Project (in Tlaxcala, Mexico). A Mesoamerican archaeologist and cross-cultural researcher, he is interested in the role of cooperation and collective action in markets, ancient cities, landscapes, and households.
Descriere
Blanton
and
Fargher
develop
is
strongly
empirical,
historically
deep,
and
more
synthetic
approach
to
investigating
human
cooperation,
using
findings
from
fields
as
diverse
as
neurobiology,
primatology,
ethnography,
history,
art
history,
and
archaeology.