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"Since his groundbreaking Violence and the Sacred and Things Hidden since the Foundation of the World, Rene Girard's mimetic theory has elucidated "the origins of culture." Girard posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of " how we became human." French philosopher of science Michel Serres states that Girard's theory provides a Darwinian concept of culture, because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanation." This claim, however, has remained underscrutinized by scholars, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciences. Joining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophy. The contributors provide major evidence in favor of Girard's hypothesis. Equally, Girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to Darwin - - something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergence." --Cover.

Structural anthropology. --- Social evolution. --- Religion --- Human evolution --- Human beings --- Anthropology of religion. --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Biological Evolution --- Sociobiology --- Cultural Evolution --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Evolution --- Social change --- Religious anthropology --- Ethnology --- Evolution, Cultural --- Cultural Evolutions --- Evolutions, Cultural --- Genetics, Behavioral --- Evolution, Biological --- Anthropology, Structural --- Antiquity of human beings --- Origin of human beings --- Philosophy. --- Origin. --- methods --- Girard, Rene, --- Girard, René, --- Girard, René Noel, --- Zhirar, Rene, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Social evolution --- Structural anthropology --- Anthropology of religion --- Origin --- Philosophy

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Sociobiology --- Adaptation (Biology) --- Human evolution --- Human beings --- Adaptation, Biological --- Cultural Evolution --- Culture --- #SBIB:316.21H42 --- Beliefs --- Cultural Background --- Customs --- Background, Cultural --- Backgrounds, Cultural --- Belief --- Cultural Backgrounds --- Cultures --- Custom --- Evolution, Cultural --- Cultural Evolutions --- Evolutions, Cultural --- Adaptation, Biologic --- Biological Adaptation --- Biologic Adaptation --- Biologism --- Human biology --- Psychology, Comparative --- Social evolution --- Effect of environment on --- Theoretische sociologie: sociobiologie --- Social aspects --- Congresses. --- Homo sapiens --- Human race --- Humanity (Human beings) --- Humankind --- Humans --- Man --- Mankind --- People --- Hominids --- Persons --- Congresses --- Effect of environment on&delete& --- Cultural Relativism --- Cultural Relativisms --- Relativism, Cultural --- Relativisms, Cultural

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Thought and thinking. --- Consciousness. --- Pensée --- Conscience --- Biological Evolution --- Anthropology, Physical --- Cognition --- Brain --- Craniology --- Human evolution --- Social evolution --- growth and development --- Evolution --- Pensée --- Phylogenèse --- Brain - growth and development --- Brain - Evolution --- Adaptation (Physiology) --- Evolution (Biology) --- Adaptation, Physiological --- Cultural Evolution --- Evolution, Cultural --- Cultural Evolutions --- Evolutions, Cultural --- Adaptation, Physiologic --- Adaptations, Physiologic --- Adaptations, Physiological --- Adaptive Plasticity --- Phenotypic Plasticity --- Physiological Adaptation --- Physiologic Adaptation --- Physiologic Adaptations --- Physiological Adaptations --- Plasticity, Adaptive --- Plasticity, Phenotypic --- Adaptation, Biological --- Evolution, Biological --- Sociobiology --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Compensation (Physiology) --- Plasticity (Physiology) --- Ecophysiology --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Social change --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human beings --- physiology --- Origin --- Archaeo anthropology

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"Why do we do things that we know are bad for us? Why do we line up to buy greasy fast food that is terrible for our bodies? Why do we take the potentially lethal risk of cosmetic surgery to have a smaller nose, bigger lips, or a less wrinkled face? Why do we risk life and limb in a fit of road rage to seek revenge against someone who merely cut us off in traffic? If these life choices are simply responses to cultural norms and pressures, then why did these particularly self-destructive patterns evolve in place of more sensible ones?" "In When Culture and Biology Collide, E.O. Smith explores behaviors that are endemic to contemporary Western society, and proposes new ways of understanding and addressing these problems." "Topics such as drug abuse, depression, beauty and self-image, obesity and dieting, stress and violence, ethnic diversity, and welfare are all used as sample case studies."--Jacket.

Human biology --- Human evolution. --- Social change. --- Hominidae --- Cultural Evolution. --- Human Body. --- Social Change. --- Social Change --- Human Body --- Cultural Evolution --- Culture --- Sociology --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Catarrhini --- Art --- Haplorhini --- Humanities --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Population Characteristics --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Health Care --- Primates --- Anthropology --- Mammals --- Vertebrates --- Chordata --- Animals --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Physical Anthropology --- Eucarya --- Eukarya --- Eukaryotes --- Eukaryotas --- Eukaryote --- Animalia --- Animal --- Metazoa --- Chordates --- Chordate --- Vertebrate --- Mammalia --- Mammal --- Primate --- Community-Based Distribution --- Contraceptive Distribution --- Delivery of Healthcare --- Dental Care Delivery --- Distribution, Non-Clinical --- Distribution, Nonclinical --- Distributional Activities --- Healthcare --- Healthcare Delivery --- Healthcare Systems --- Non-Clinical Distribution --- Nonclinical Distribution --- Delivery of Dental Care --- Health Care Delivery --- Health Care Systems --- Activities, Distributional --- Activity, Distributional --- Care, Health --- Community Based Distribution --- Community-Based Distributions --- Contraceptive Distributions --- Deliveries, Healthcare --- Delivery, Dental Care --- Delivery, Health Care --- Delivery, Healthcare --- Distribution, Community-Based --- Distribution, Contraceptive --- Distribution, Non Clinical --- Distributional Activity --- Distributions, Community-Based --- Distributions, Contraceptive --- Distributions, Non-Clinical --- Distributions, Nonclinical --- Health Care System --- Healthcare Deliveries --- Healthcare System --- Non Clinical Distribution --- Non-Clinical Distributions --- Nonclinical Distributions --- System, Health Care --- System, Healthcare --- Systems, Health Care --- Systems, Healthcare --- Science, Social --- Sciences, Social --- Social Science --- Population Heterogeneity --- Population Statistics --- Characteristic, Population --- Characteristics, Population --- Heterogeneity, Population --- Population Characteristic --- Statistics, Population --- Cultural Anthropology --- Material Culture --- Ethnography --- Culture, Material --- Ethnographies --- Material Cultures --- Qualitative Research --- Anthropoids --- Anthropoidea --- Monkeys --- Monkey --- Arts --- Factors, Socioeconomic --- High-Income Population --- Land Tenure --- Standard of Living --- Social Inequalities --- Social Inequality --- Factor, Socioeconomic --- High Income Population --- High-Income Populations --- Inequalities, Social --- Inequality, Social --- Living Standard --- Living Standards --- Population, High-Income --- Populations, High-Income --- Socioeconomic Factor --- Tenure, Land --- Economics --- General Social Development and Population --- Beliefs --- Cultural Background --- Cultural Relativism --- Customs --- Background, Cultural --- Backgrounds, Cultural --- Belief --- Cultural Backgrounds --- Cultural Relativisms --- Cultures --- Relativism, Cultural --- Relativisms, Cultural --- Evolution, Cultural --- Cultural Evolutions --- Evolutions, Cultural --- Hominini --- Pongidae --- Apes --- Hominids --- Hominins --- Homo --- Ape --- Hominid --- Hominin --- Homininus --- Body Parts --- Body Parts and Fluids --- Body, Human --- Human Figure --- Bodies, Human --- Figure, Human --- Figures, Human --- Human Bodies --- Human Figures --- Parts, Body --- Modernization --- Social Development --- Social Impact --- Change, Social --- Changes, Social --- Development, Social --- Developments, Social --- Impact, Social --- Impacts, Social --- Social Changes --- Social Developments --- Social Impacts --- Group Processes --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human beings --- Social aspects. --- physiology. --- psychology. --- Origin --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Economic and Social Factors --- Social and Economic Factors --- Socioeconomic Characteristics --- Characteristic, Socioeconomic --- Socioeconomic Characteristic --- Organelles