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Topic: Neoevolutionism

	Neoevolutionism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It bases its theories on the empirical evidence from fields such as archeology, paleontology and historiography and tries to eliminate any references to a system of values, be it moral or cultural, instead trying to remain objective and simply descriptive.
		The neoevolutionism discards many ideas of classical social evolutionism, namely that of social progress, so dominant in previous sociology evolution-related theories.
		The neoevolutionism stresses the importance of empirical evidence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Neoevolutionism (1098 words)

	Sociocultural_evolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Neoevolutionism is teh first theory 0f teh series 0f modern multilineal evolution theories.
		The neoevolutionism discards many ideas 0f classical social evolutionism - namely that 0f social progress - so dominant inside previous sociology evolution-related theories.
		Then neoevolutionism discards teh determinism argument & introduces probability - arguing that accidents & free will have much impact on teh process 0f social evolution.
	www.demandtwinother.info /Sociocultural_evolution (7617 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Social theory
		Although the majority of 19th-century social theories now class as obsolete, they have spawned new, modern social theories.
		Some modern social theories represent some advanced version of the classical theories, like Multilineal theories of evolution (neoevolutionism, sociobiology, theory of modernization, theory of post-industrial society) and various strains of Neo-Marxism.
		In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, by a more or less arbitrary division of topics, the social theory became most closely related to academic sociology while other subjects such as anthropology, philosophy, and social work branched out into their own disciplines.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Social_theory (1418 words)

	Mlinar on GLOBALIZATION
		In connection with this another debate has been evolving these past few decades which is related to the present discussions of globalisation and is continued in various ways.
		This is the controversy over neoevolutionism (Nisbet 1969, Le nski, 1976, Becker…., AJS, Vol.
		The objection to neoevolutionism is that it gives too little room for the multitude of essentially indeterminate developments - ‘random events’, ‘unique occurrences’, ‘the purely fortuitous’, the ‘wilful’ and the ‘adve ntitious’ (Nisbet, 1969, p.171).
	www2.hawaii.edu /~fredr/mlinar.htm (2877 words)

	Delta College Online Catalog
		Apply the scientific method to the study of human cultures.
		Distinguish among cultural anthropology's basic theoretical approaches (including cultural neoevolutionism, functionalism and cultural materialism) to the analysis of cultures and list the main contributions of influential cultural anthropologists.
		Appreciate the applications of the knowledge of cultural anthropology to the understanding of social life, including cultural diversity.
	www.delta.edu /catalog/outcomes.asp?CourseActionID=4119 (439 words)

	The Two Marxisms, Ch 12 Appendix - "Goran Therborn's Conception of Sociology," by Alvin W. Gouldner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Weber's General Economic History with its complex and painstaking discussion of the great variety of conditions entering into economic development in general, and the rise of capitalism in particular, indicates that Weber was a voluntarist not an idealist.
		Second, Therborn appears to think that Weber surrendered evolutionary thinking when, in fact, there were various levels on which he clearly manifested a neoevolutionism which, while not determinist, was no less evolutionary and multilinear at that.
		Thus Western European societies were seen as relinquishing passivity for the assumption of active control of the environment, moving from given "natural" bonds, kin or traditional, to chosen universalistic relationships in the modern purpose-centered association, and moving away from the coercively dominated patriarchy.
	www2.pfeiffer.edu /~lridener/DSS/Marx/ch12app.htm (2155 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Research the history of a particular theoretical orientation in anthropology (e.g.
		evolutionism, neoevolutionism, diffusionism, functionalism, historical particularism, structuralism, cultural materialism, ethnoscience, interpretive anthropology).
		Discuss the context of the approach, mentioning its chief proponents.
	toby.library.ubc.ca /ereserve/ANTH/100/921/5/papers.doc (374 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We will trace anthropology's history and subject matter through three main cultural traditions: Greek/Roman; Semitic/Christian, and Pagan Teutonic.
		Professors M. Anderson and Buckser ANTH 507 THEORY OF SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY A comparison and analysis of anthropological theories as they have developed in the twentieth century, including neoevolutionism, contemporary functionalism, and recent departures such as formalist economic approaches and cultural ecology.
		Professor Blanton ANTH 514 ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS Anthropological linguistics investigates the varieties of communication in human behavior and explores linguistics as a tool in social science research.
	www.ecn.purdue.edu /ECN/ecnweb/course_info/ANTH (3975 words)

	Leslie A. White Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		But White's writings and teaching eventually had a snowballing intellectual impact.
		His strong stand against the anthropological establishment of his day created a strong following for Whitean "neoevolutionism." But White distrusted schools-of-thought and tried to combat this tendency among his own students.
		Former students from Michigan all agree that White should be honored for this achievement as well as many others.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/leslie-a-white (1006 words)

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		Week 8 Cultural Ecology, Neoevolutionism, and Neomaterialism (discussion on February 28th)
		What are the goals of neoevolutionism or neomaterialist anthropologists?
		How do they differ in theory and method from the 19th century evolutionists?
	www.arts.ualberta.ca /~jdeberna/teach/anth415/415topics03.htm (1461 words)

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