Cultural Evolution: People's Motivations are Changing, and Reshaping the WorldCambridge University Press, 22 mrt 2018 Cultural Evolution argues that people's values and behavior are shaped by the degree to which survival is secure; it was precarious for most of history, which encouraged heavy emphasis on group solidarity, rejection of outsiders, and obedience to strong leaders. For under extreme scarcity, xenophobia is realistic: if there is just enough land to support one tribe and another tribe tries to claim it, survival may literally be a choice between Us and Them. Conversely, high levels of existential security encourage openness to change, diversity, and new ideas. The unprecedented prosperity and security of the postwar era brought cultural change, the environmentalist movement, and the spread of democracy. But in recent decades, diminishing job security and rising inequality have led to an authoritarian reaction. Evidence from more than 100 countries demonstrates that people's motivations and behavior reflect the extent to which they take survival for granted - and that modernization changes them in roughly predictable ways. This book explains the rise of environmentalist parties, gender equality, and same-sex marriage through a new, empirically-tested version of modernization theory. |
Inhoudsopgave
An Overview of this Book | 1 |
1 Evolutionary Modernization and Cultural Change | 8 |
2 The Rise of Postmaterialist Values in the West and the World | 25 |
3 Global Cultural Patterns | 36 |
4 The End of Secularization? | 60 |
The Distinctive Trajectory of Norms Governing Gender Equality and Sexual Orientation | 77 |
The IndividualLevel Component | 102 |
7 Development and Democracy | 114 |
8 The Changing Roots of Happiness | 140 |
The Rise of Trump and the Authoritarian Populist Parties | 173 |
10 The Coming of Artificial Intelligence Society | 200 |
Appendices | 217 |
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Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Cultural Evolution: Contemporary Viewpoints Gary M. Feinman,Linda R. Manzanilla Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2000 |
Cultural Evolution: People's Motivations are Changing, and Reshaping the World Ronald F. Inglehart Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2018 |
Cultural Evolution: Society, Technology, Language, and Religion Peter J. Richerson,Morten H. Christiansen Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2013 |
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