‘Viral’ Hunts? A Cultural Darwinian Analysis of Witch Persecutions
The theory of Darwinian cultural evolution is gaining currency in many parts of the socio-cultural sciences, but it remains contentious. Critics claim that the theory is either fundamentally mistaken or boils down to a fancy re-description of things we knew all along. We will argue that cultural Dar...
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Main Authors: | Hofhuis Steije, Boudry Maarten |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2019-07-01
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Series: | Cultural Science |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.116 |
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