The Selfish Meme: A Critical Reassessment
Presents for the first time a fully developed and workable concept of cultural DNA.
Presents for the first time a fully developed and workable concept of cultural DNA.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780521606271 (0521606276)
Publish date: December 20th 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Memes are fascinating. I am not sure we are yet at the point of having a coherent theory about the idea, and I find the philosophical speculation in this book in particular to be quite hard work. Distin proposes an alternative to Dennett & Blackmores idea that 'we' (as in our conciousness) is a coll...