Returning Biology to Evolutionary Sociology: Reflections on the Conceptual Hiatuses of “New Evolutionary Sociology” as a Vantage Point
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DOI: 10.1177/07311214221119256
Abstract: Decades of scholarly efforts to reignite the theoretical integration between sociology and biology have come to partial fruition in the birth of evolutionary sociology at the turn of the twentieth-first century. This paper examines one… read more here.
Keywords: returning biology; conceptual hiatuses; evolutionary sociology; sociology ... See more keywords
Why Warmth Matters More Than Competence: A New Evolutionary Approach
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DOI: 10.1177/17456916211071087
Abstract: Multiple lines of evidence suggest that there are two major dimensions of social perception, often called warmth and competence, and that warmth is prioritized over competence in multiple types of social decision-making. Existing explanations for… read more here.
Keywords: matters competence; warmth; competence; competence new ... See more keywords
Autopoiesis, Thermodynamics, and the Natural Drift of Living Beings: Another Way to the New Evolutionary Synthesis
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DOI: 10.3390/e24070914
Abstract: The New Evolutionary Synthesis (NES) groups a series of theories that, departing from the gene-centric approach of Modern Synthesis evolutionary theory (MS), place the organism as the central agent of evolution. Two versions of NES,… read more here.
Keywords: living beings; theory; way; thermodynamics ... See more keywords