Mgr. et Mgr. Radek Kundt, Ph.D.

Doctoral thesis

Is Cultural Evolution Evolution? Some Methodological Problems of Application of Evolutionary Theory on Culture, with Special Reference to Religion

Is Cultural Evolution Evolution? Some Methodological Problems of Application of Evolutionary Theory on Culture, with Special Reference to Religion
Abstract:
Existuje celá řada evolučních přístupů ke studiu kultury. Klíčovou charakteristikou jednoho z nich je využívání kulturní evoluce, tj. skutečného autonomního kumulativního procesu evoluce kultury. Pro zhodnocení přínosu konceptu kulturní evoluce tato dizertační práce porovnává, jak je s pojmem evoluce zacházeno v kulturně evolučních teoriích s tím, jak je tento pojem používán v neodarwinistické evoluční …more
Abstract:
There are a number of evolutionary approaches to the study of culture. A key characteristic of one of them is utilizing cultural evolution, i.e., the genuine autonomous cumulative process of the evolution of culture. This dissertation compares the notion of evolution in cultural evolutionary theories and neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory to determine the value of the concept of cultural evolution. …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 24. 1. 2014

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 8. 4. 2014
  • Supervisor: doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
  • Reader: prof. Robert N. McCauley, prof. Donald Wiebe

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