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As the sequel to Groups: The Evolution of Human Sociality, published in 2013, this book has broadened the discussion to examine the actions of people, apes, and monkeys in terms of 'what they do' by forming groups or in-groups. In Institutions, the shared processes and practices that facilitate coexistence in groups are examined from an evolutionary historical perspective. Contributors include researchers from the field of anthropology, including sociological primatology, ecological anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology. The chapters examine institutions from a diverse range of perspectives, including: encountering death, children's games, conflict and peace, cattle rustling, and mathematical proofs. In terms of non-human primates, this study focuses on 'pre-institutional' phenomena, such as relations established through 'call and response' patterns and food sharing, and it forms arguments as to whether the concept of institutions can be applied to these settings. As the chapters in this volume establish, the argument that language is a prerequisite for the establishment of institutions has indeed been surpassed.

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Author:   Kaori Kawai ,  Minako Sato
Publisher:   Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press
Imprint:   Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press
Weight:   1.219kg
ISBN:  

9781925608908

ISBN 10:   1925608905
Pages:   478
Publication Date:   28 February 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Figures Photographs Contributors Introduction-From Groups to Institutions : In Pursuit of an?Evolutionary Foundation for Human Society and Sociality? Kaori Kawai Part I: The Mechanism of the Formation of Institutions 1 The Formation of Institutions Toru Soga 2 An Institution Called Death: Towards Its Arche ?Motomitsu Uchibori 3 Institution and Ritualization Masakazu Tanaka 4 Children, Play, Rules: Places of Expression of Institution Hitoshige Hayaki 5 The Day Teaching Becomes Institution: An Evolutionary ?Horizon From Apes to Humans Hideaki Terashima Part II: Concrete Phases of the Emergence of Institutions 6 Who is the Alpha Male? The Institutionality of Dominance?Rank in Chimpanzee Society Hitonaru Nishie 7 Duality of the Mode of Coexistence and Action Selection:?Groups and the Emergence of Institutions in Chimpanzees? Noriko Itoh 8 When Keeping One's Ears Open for the Distant Voices of?Others: The Process-Oriented Convention in Chimpanzees?and Institution Shunkichi Hanamura 9 Peace Building in the Wild: Thinking about Institutions from?Cases of Conflict and Peace in Sulu Ikuya Tokoro 10 Institutionalized Cattle Raiding: Its Formalization and Value?Creation Amongst the Pastoral Dodoth Kaori Kawai Part III: Theory for the Evolution of Institutions 11 What Connects and Separates Pre- and Post-Institution? Koji Kitamura 12 Living One's Role Under Institution: Ecological Niches and?Animal Societies Kaoru Adachi 13 Proofs in Mathematics and the Performance of Institutions:?A Study of Evolution Starting from Kepler's Equation? Naoki Kasuga 14 Basic Components of Institution: Understanding?Institution According to Triangular and Tetrahedral Models ?Takeo Funabiki Part IV: The Expansion of Institution Theory 15 The Ontology of Feeling: The Evolutionary Basis of Natural?Institutions in Inuit Extended Family Groups Keiichi Omura 16 The Institution of Feeling : On Feeling Inside and? Institutionalized Envy Yuko Sugiyama 17 Was the Old Woman's Death a Suicide? A Discussion on the?Basis of Institutions Ryoko Nishii 18 The Evolutionary Foundations of Institutions: Rule, Deviation,?Identity Suehisa Kuroda Notes Bibliography Name Index Subject Index

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Kaori Kawai is a Japanese cultural anthropologist whose research focuses on East African anthropology. She is currently Professor at the Institute for Languages ??and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Her involvement in cultural anthropological research in Kenya began in 1986, and she completed a PhD in Science at the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, in 1994. She was Associate Professor in the Faculty of Humanities, Shizuoka University, and Associate Professor at the Institute for Asian and African Languages ??and Cultures, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, before taking up her current position as Professor at the ILCAA in 2015.

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