Screen LibraryWorld ordering : a social theory of cognitive evolution /
"Drawing on evolutionary epistemology, process ontology, and a social-cognition approach, this book suggests "cognitive evolution," an evolutionary-constructivist social and normative theory of change and stability of international social orders. It argues that practices and their bac...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Cambridge studies in international relations ;
150 |
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| Summary: |
"Drawing on evolutionary epistemology, process ontology, and a social-cognition approach, this book suggests "cognitive evolution," an evolutionary-constructivist social and normative theory of change and stability of international social orders. It argues that practices and their background knowledge survive preferentially, communities of practice serve as their vehicle, and social orders evolve. As an evolutionary theory of world ordering, which does not borrow from the natural sciences, it explains why certain configurations of practices organize and govern social orders epistemically and |
| Carrier Form: | x, 378 pages : illustration ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-363) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781108419956 110841995X 9781108412674 110841267X |
| Index Number: | JZ1251 |
| CLC: |
D81-02 D81-05 |
| Call Number: | D81-05/A237 |