制度复杂性源于小规模人类社会中的社会生态复杂性.
Marcus J Hamilton1,2, Robert S Walker3, Briggs Buchanan4
1Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio , San Antonio, TX 78249, USA.
Proceedings. Biological sciences
|May 7, 2024
概括
文化多样性源于制度复杂性. 这项研究表明,小规模社会中的机构是从下而上出现的,作为对社会生态挑战的解决方案,而不是自上而下的强加.
科学领域:
- 人类学是人类学.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
背景情况:
- 人类的生活方式在时间和空间中表现出巨大的多样性,这是人类学的中心焦点.
- 文化变化受到制度复杂性的重大影响,包括跨世代传承的规则,规范和期望.
- 了解小规模社会中机构的出现对于解释这种多样性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究小规模社会中制度复杂性的因果结构.
- 区分自上而下 (精英强加) 和自下而上 (集体解决问题) 的制度出现模式.
- 分析社会生态复杂性与制度发展之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 利用贝叶斯网络推断因果关系.
- 分析了来自北美西部172个民族历史小规模社会的数据.
- 专注于欧洲殖民之前的时期,以捕捉接触前的土著生活方式.
主要成果:
- 有证据表明,制度复杂性源于潜在的社会生态复杂性.
- 机构似乎作为解决复杂环境中协调问题的解决方案而起作用.
- 这些发现支持由自适应需求驱动的自下而上的新兴模式.
结论:
- 制度复杂性是社会生态复杂性的产物,而不仅仅是精英的胁迫.
- 机构在日益复杂的环境中促进人与环境的互动和管理.
- 该研究提供了对小规模社会文化多样性的适应性起源的见解.
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