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The Selfish Meme

By Kate Distin, Distin Kate

The Selfish Meme book

The Selfish Meme

By Kate Distin, Distin Kate

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Culture is a unique and fascinating aspect of the human species. How did it emerge and how does it develop? Richard Dawkins suggested culture evolves and that memes are cultural replicators, subject to variation and selection in the same way as genes are in the biological world. Thus human culture is the product of a mindless evolutionary algorithm. Does this imply, as some have argued, that we are mere meme machines and that the conscious self is an illusion? This highly readable and accessible book extends Dawkins's theory, presenting for the first time a fully developed concept of cultural DNA. Distin argues that culture's development can be seen as the result of memetic evolution and as the product of human creativity. Memetic evolution is perfectly compatible with the view of humans as conscious and intelligent. This book should find a wide readership amongst philosophers, psychologists, sociologists and non-academic readers.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2010-03-17
Publication Date:
2009-09-30
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0521606276
ISBN13:
9780521606271
Minimum Reading Age:
1
Maximum Reading Age:
110
Weight:
396 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
14 cm

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