Cultural Science —— A Natural History of Stories, Demes, Knowledge and Innovation

----- 文化学：一个故事，种群的自然历史，知识和创新

ISBN: 9781474279239 出版年：2014 页码：264 John Hartley Jason Potts Bloomsbury Publishing

Cultural Science introduces a new way of thinking about culture. Adopting an evolutionary and systems approach, the authors argue that culture is the population-wide source of newness and innovation; it faces the future, not the past. Its chief characteristic is the formation of groups or 'demes' (organised and productive subpopulation; 'demos'). Demes are the means for creating, distributing and growing knowledge. However, such groups are competitive and knowledge-systems are adversarial. Starting from a rereading of Darwinian evolutionary theory, the book utilises multidisciplinary resources: Raymond Williams's 'culture is ordinary' approach; evolutionary science (e.g. Mark Pagel and Herbert Gintis); semiotics (Yuri Lotman); and economic theory (from Schumpeter to McCloskey). - See more at: http://www.bloomsbury.com/au/cultural-science-9781849666046/#sthash.TfHykv9R.dpuf