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Cultural Evolution
Kate DistinExpounds a theory of cultural evolution and shows how it can help us to understand the development of human culture.
The Extended Self: Architecture, Memes and Minds
Chris Abeldiscussing building types.18 In addition, as with the dualistic interpretation of memes offered by Kate Distin and Robert Aunger, the first and most general of these terms, 'idea,' suffers from Platonic overtones of the immutable aspects of ...
The Poetry of Raymond Carver: Against the Current
Sandra Lee KleppeThis study endorses the phenomenon that in “language,” as Kate Distin points out, “the possibilities of innovation due to recombination are much greater than they could ever be with DNA.”2 And Carver was a great innovator of poetry as well ...
Dawkins' God: From The Selfish Gene to The God Delusion
Alister E. McGrathThe three core elements of evolutionary theory – selection, variation, and replication – can all be seen at work in cultural contexts. In her analysis of the concept of the meme, Kate Distin has shown how all three elements can be seen in the ...
What is a 21st Century Brand?: New Thinking from the Next ...
Nick KendallKate Distin, author of The Selfish Meme, believes that innovation in memes is due to two factors, recombination and mutation: 'in recombination, existing memes are appropriately recombined in new situations creating new ways of thought and ...
Morphological Analysis of Cultural DNA: Tools for Decoding ...
PreviewIn the book, Kate Distin introduces the concept of artefactual languages which are artifacts made by humans such as writings and musical notions. Her basic idea is that these languages help humans to receive and transmit cultural information ...
The Watchman's Rattle: Thinking our Way out of Extinction
Rebecca D CostaKate Distin, The Selfish Meme: A Critical Reassessment (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004). Robert Aunger, Darwinizing Culture: The Status of Memelics as Science (New York: 0xfon'l University Press, 2001). Stephen Sherman ...
Gifted Children: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Kate DistinThis excellent book, written by counsellors who are also parents with first- hand knowledge of living and working with gifted children, is an accessible and positive guide full of constructive advice and encouragement for other parents.
The Selfish Meme: A Critical Reassessment
Kate DistinDawkins, Richard (1976) Hierarchical organisation: a candidate principle for ethology, in P. P. G. Bateson & R. A. Hinde, eds ( 1976) Growing points in ethology, Cambridge Universty Press, pp. 7-54. Dawkins, Richard (1978) Reply to Fix and ...
The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History ...
Jack ZipesKate Distin, Cultural Evolution (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), 209. 42. Ibid., 224. 43. Ibid., 224–25. 44. See the Wikepedia entry “Fairies,” available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Disney_Fairies. The films, books, and games ...
Kate Bridges's Mounties: The Long Journey Home\The ...
Kate BridgesKate Bridges's Mounties by Kate Bridges,Kate Bridges,Kate Bridges,Kate Bridges,Kate Bridges released on Mar 1, 2008 is available now for purchase.
Kate Roberts
Kate Gramich10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3 L. P. Nemo, Letter to Kate Roberts from Brest, Brittany, dated 30 December 1925, NLW Kate Roberts Papers 78. 4 Kate Roberts, 'Yr Athronydd', O Gors y Bryniau (1925; Caerdydd: Hughes a'i ...
Fox Populi:
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Mother, Can You Not?
Kate FriedmanTick tock. Love, Mom' This was the text message Kate Friedman woke up to on the morning of her twenty-sixth birthday, but her mother's maternal adoration and helicopter parenting began while Kate was still in utero.
Mother, Can You Not?: And You Thought Your Mom was Nuts...
Kate Siegel, Kate pays tribute to the woman whose helicopter parenting may make your mom look like Mother Teresa. If fans think Kate's mom's texts are insane, they will laugh out loud at the anecdotes her daughter shares in this collection.
Waiting for Kate Bush
John MendelssohnIn Waiting for Kate Bush - an unusual hybrid of satirical novel and music biography - the reader will not only laugh aloud at Herskovits' attempt to make sense of his life in an alien culture, but also learn in detail what Kate Bush - known ...
Rainy day Kate
Lenore BlegvadA child's excited speculations on what fun can he had with Kate when she comes to play come to an end when a rainy day cancels Kate's visit, but the fun is not permanently spoiled.
Kate Hannigan: A Novel
Catherine CooksonIn Kate Hannigan, her very first novel, Catherine Cookson introduces us to the enduring story of her most charismatic heroine. The moment he lays eyes on Kate, Dr. Rodney Prince is enchanted.
Federal Correctional Institution, Northumberland County: ...
ReadCHANDLER: Mary Kate Culkin followed by John Boback. MARY KATE CULKIN. Good evening. My name is Mary Kate Culkin, C—U—L—K—I—N. And I'm the Regional Director of Public Projects for the International Masonry Institute. IMI is the ...
Capturing Kate
Marie KellyWhen Kate Pallen is invited to New York to meet with a father she has never known, she has no idea what lies in store for her.
Dr. Cinderella's Midnight Fling
Kate HardyKate Hardy. Kate Hardy Dr. Cinderella's Midnight Fling Praise for Kate Hardy, who writes for both Harlequin® MedicalTM.
Cotillion Christmas Surprises
Kate FoxCotillion Christmas Surprises 'Tis the season for hope, joy, romance...and sweet Regency Surprises! The Last Surprise by Blair Bancroft Christmas Bequest by Barbara Miller Double Masquerade by Kate Fox Change of Address by Kate Dolan
Distilled Spirits: O'Hare House Mysteries Book Three
Kate DanleyO'Hare House Mysteries Book Three Kate Danley. Did you like what you read? • Tell your friends! •Leave a nice review at your favorite online book retailer •Follow Kate on Twitter ...
Kate Gosselin's Love Is in the Mix: Making Meals into ...
Kate GosselinKate Gosselin's Love Is in the Mix will help busy moms and dads put delicious meals on the table while making lasting memories.
Emile Zola and the Artistry of Adaptation
Kate GriffithsKate Griffiths is a lecturer in French at Swansea University.
Melting Point
Kate MeaderThings are heating up at Engine Co. 6 in this original e-novella from Kate Meader’s sizzling Hot in Chicago series!
Late Fragments: Everything I Want to Tell You (about this ...
Kate GrossKate Gross was a woman who 'leaned in' until cancer stopped her in her tracks.
Turning Left to the Ladies
Kate BraidIn 1977 Kate Braid got her first job in construction as a labourer on a small island off the coast of British Columbia.
No Second Chances
Kate EvangelistaGet ready to stop time, defy gravity and bring down the stars in this final book in Kate Evangelista's Dodge Cove Trilogy!
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