商品簡介
Spread (PhD, London Business School, England) presents a broad theory of societal evolution that incorporates a theory of "support-bargaining" into Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. By incorporating support-bargaining--i.e., seeking the support of others in order to increase personal security--he aims to explain the formation of groups and, ultimately, society and its economic institutions. Chapters discuss the role of support-bargaining in natural selection, the origins of power elites and pluralist democracy, sexual selection and kinship, support-bargaining and social Darwinism, money-bargaining and the evolution of economies, and the significance of social symmetries. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Patrick Spread obtained his first degree from Oxford University and a PhD from the London Business School. He has worked as an economist extensively in the Pacific, Africa and Asia. He has published three books and several journal articles.
