The Eighth Day
Social Evolution as the Self-Organization of Energy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11094174 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William R Catton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 748 |
| Publication date | 1989-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | The Eighth Day: Social Evolution as the Self-Organization of Energy, Richard N Adams, 1988 |
| Venue | Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2073337 |
| OpenAlex | W2015031013 |
| Language | EN |
Contents Preface Introduction 1. Preliminaries Principles and Explanations Anthropological Antecedents Monism and Materialism Studies of and Society 2. Process Forms Equilibrium Equilibrium and Dissipative Structures Stability and Steady States Appendix: Note on Odum's Energy Quality 3. Dynamics The Laws of Thermodynamics Lotka's Principle Minimum Dissipation Principle Trigger-Flow Mechanisms and Principles 4. Self-Organization Introduction Equilibrium Bases of Self-Organization Autopoiesis Perturbations Self-Triggering Appendix: Order and Functional Organization 5. Culture Mental Self-Organization Informational Dynamics Cultural Process Appendix: and Values 6. Domestication Domestication? Why Bother? Ecological and Human Controls Human Dominance, Culture, and Power Indigenous California Society The Emergence of Social Hierarchies Political and Ideological Implications Notes 7. Natural Selection The Broader Issue In Equilibrium Structures Self-Organization of Dissipative Structures Selection and Epistemology 8. Boundary Dynamics Social Boundaries Energetic Boundaries Environments and Closure 9. The Meaning of Civilization as a Trigger The Origins and Future of Notes 10. Humanities The Classics Free-Floating Triggers 11. Expansion In Social Hierarchy: A Model Social Survival Vehicles and Coaxal Structures Novel and Secondary Constructions The Emergence of Hierarchy: Work and Regulation 12. and Industrialization Modeling Industrialization Expansion The Sector Model Interactive Changes among Sectors Expansion of the Regulatory Sector Regulation in Subnational Units Notes Postscript: Development and Contemporary Social Evolution References Index
Energy (signal processing · Physics · Social organization · Social science · Sociology · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis · Psychology · Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
Culture as Information
Energy efficiency
From Chiefdom to State
Frames, organisations, and practices as social components of energy
Understanding Early Civilizations
Multiple-Scale Integrated Assessment of Societal Metabolism
Coal's Persistence in the Capitalist World-Economy
Social Evolution and Social Reproduction
To Civility and to Man's Use
Is it possible to create an ecologically sustainable world order
Understanding Complex Human Ecosystems
On the tempo and mode of state formation
"Complejidad, instituciones y antropología. Reflexiones sobre los límites del conocimiento antropológico en la "sociedad del conocimiento
Incorporating Heterarchy into Theory on Socio-political Development
Complex Adaptive Systems, Evolutionism, and Ecology within Anthropology
Using Emergy Analysis in Ethnographic Field Research
Ancient Winds of Change
Introduction
Concluding Observations
The Role of Energy in the Surgence of Ethnicity
On Adams' Monistic Concept of Social Evolution
Transforming power
Bringing geopolitics to energy transition research
Conservative Critiques of African-American Culture
The Thermodynamics of Unequal Exchange
Socioeconomic Growth, Culture Scale, and Household Well-Being
Monuments, temps et pouvoir
Distinguished Lecture in Archeology
From systematic semiotic modelling to pseudointentional reference
Ecology, Economy, Worldview
Sustainable development
Breaking Ships in the World-System
Evolutionary approaches in archaeology
Towards an ecological theory of unequal exchange
Evolutionary theory in sociology
Population Pressure Theory, Elite Exploitation, and Reproductive Success
The Nuclear Arms Race
Holistic Darwinism
Keys to a Unified Theory of Warfare and Arms Races
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