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The selfish meme, a critical reassessment, Kate Distin

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The selfish meme, a critical reassessment, Kate Distin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The selfish meme

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

57623034

Responsibility statement

Kate Distin

Sub title

a critical reassessment

Summary

Kate Distin's highly readable and accessible book presents for the first time a fully developed and workable concept of cultural DNA. She argues that culture develops both through memetic evolution and human creativity, and that mimetic evolution is perfectly compatible with the view of humans as conscious and intelligent

Table Of Contents

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The Meme Hypothesis; 3 Cultural DNA; 4 The Replication of Complex Culture; 5 Variation; 6 Selection; 7 The Story So Far; 8 The Human Mind: Meme Complex with a Virus?; 9 The Meme's Eye View; 10 Early Cultural Evolution; 11 Memetic DNA; 12 Memes and the Mind; 13 Science, Religion and Society: What Can Memes Tell Us?; 14 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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