Alan Carling is the one with the selectionist theoretical approach to cultural evolution.
Charles http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/2002-February/017520.html Marxism-Thaxis] Alan Carling's synopsis of *The Proof of the Pudding: Reason and Value in Social Evolution* Jim Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com Sun Feb 17 08:13:32 MST 2002 Previous message: [Marxism-Thaxis] Fw: Israel peace lobby grows; defies expectations Next message: [Marxism-Thaxis] Alan Carling's synopsis of *The Proof of the Pudding: Reason and Value in Social Evolution* Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On September 12, Alan Carling presented a paper at the Marxism Conference 2001 of the Political Studies Association in which he presented a synopsis of a new, yet to be published book, in which he develops and defends his selectionist version of historical materialism, and relates his theorizing concerning historical materialism and Darwinism with the work of various bourgeois thinkers who have been attempting to relate Darwinism to the human sciences including the sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologists, Karl Popper with his evolutionary epistemology, the social evolutionism of F.A. Hayek, and memetics as proposed by folk like Richard Dawkins, Susan Blackmore, and Daniel Dennett. Carling discusses and critiques these folks' work and attempts to make a case as to why his own selectionist historical materialism represents a superior approach to the problems that these other people have been attempting to deal with. Carling's paper can be found online at http://www.psa.ac.uk/spgrp/marxism/carling.htm Jim Farmelant _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
