20% off all books with the code: BOOKS
  • check 10+ million books
  • check New arrivals every day
  • check Trusted by 1M+ customers
  • check Great prices & discounts
  • check Shipping across Europe

The Selfish Meme - Kate Distin

English
2016-03-30
€144.85 €181.06

-20% with code BOOKS

In stock at our supplier

Shipping in 17-23 days

30-day return policy

Culture is a unique and fascinating aspect of the human species. How did it emerge and how does it develop? Richard Dawkins has suggested that culture evolves and that memes are the cultural replicators, subject to variation and selection in the same way as genes function in the biological world. In this sense human culture is the product of a mindless evolutionary algorithm. Does this imply that we are mer ... Full description

You May Also Like

Description

Culture is a unique and fascinating aspect of the human species. How did it emerge and how does it develop? Richard Dawkins has suggested that culture evolves and that memes are the cultural replicators, subject to variation and selection in the same way as genes function in the biological world. In this sense human culture is the product of a mindless evolutionary algorithm. Does this imply that we are mere meme machines and that the conscious self is an illusion? Kate Distin extends and strengthens Dawkins's theory and presents a fully developed and workable concept of cultural DNA. She argues that culture's development can be seen both as the result of memetic evolution and as the product of human creativity. Memetic evolution is therefore compatible with the view of humans as conscious and intelligent.

More Information

Author Kate Distin
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Release year 2016
Cover type Hardcover
EAN 9780521844529
Write Your Own Review
You're reviewing: The Selfish Meme
Your Rating:

Goodreads Reviews

€144.85 €181.06