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

by John Hartley

Book Overview

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.

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'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474279236
• ISBN13: 9781474279239
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"