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Thought Contagion: How Belief Spreads Through Society: The New Science of Memes: How Ideas Act Like Viruses (The Kluwer international series in engineering & computer science)
 
 

Thought Contagion: How Belief Spreads Through Society: The New Science of Memes: How Ideas Act Like Viruses (The Kluwer international series in engineering & computer science) (Taschenbuch)

von Aaron Lynch (Autor) "A religious taboo against modern farm machines is growing more widespread among American farmers, and for an unusual reason ..." (mehr)
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  • Taschenbuch: 208 Seiten
  • Verlag: Perseus Books; Auflage: Pbk. Ed (26. November 1998)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN-10: 0465084672
  • ISBN-13: 978-0465084678
  • Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,1 x 12,4 x 1,3 cm
  • Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 2.9 von 5 Sternen  Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (7 Kundenrezensionen)
  • Amazon.de Verkaufsrang: Nr. 323.700 in Englische Bücher (Die Bestseller Englische Bücher)
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Why do certain ideas become popular? The naive view is that it's because they're true, or at least justified. This fascinating book, influenced by evolutionary biology and epidemiology, is the first full-scale examination of some of the other reasons. Consider Aaron Lynch's example of optimism--it may not be true or warranted, but it tends to prevail because optimists tend to have more children to pass along their outlook to. Sometimes, Lynch points out, there is a paradoxical but predictable expansion-contraction pattern to the social spread of ideas. If nothing else, lobbyists need to look into this stuff to see which side their bread is really buttered on. Warning: this book is densely written. But it's worth the wade. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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A meme, in the newly emerging discipline called memetics, is a self-propagating idea, a unit of cultural imitation that, much like a biological or computer virus, effectively programs its own retransmission. Memes can percolate through society by motivating their "host population," or by reshuffling old ideas into novel configurations, or via human proselytizers. According to Lynch, formerly a Fermilab engineering physicist, a nuclear family meme set (combining ideas of sexual monogamy, long-term commitment and biparental upbringing) ensures that the people whose mating behavior produces the most children will also personally raise those children. A crucifixion meme, he cautions, leaves Christianity vulnerable to exploitation by phony religious leaders who generate guilt-inspired contributions; the Yahweh god meme, spreading among the ancient Hebrews, fostered a unified moral code. Lynch also uses memes to explain current controversies over abortion and handguns, men's breast fetishes, homophobia, diets that achieve temporary results and much else. Memetics is a radical science, modeled on genetics, that cuts against the grain of conventional and habitual thinking; Lynch does a fine job of covering its pros and cons, exploring its range and making it accessible to nonexpert readers.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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2.0 von 5 Sternen Mediocre Exposition of a Promising Perspective, 12. Februar 2000
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Meme theory is an interesting concept, as exemplified by its analysis of the spread of Christianity. Likewise, Lynch has created a usable outline of the means through which memes spread, for example proselytization vs. procreation. However Lynch's lack of humility is insufferable and damaging. This manifests itself most obviously in his incessant hyperbolic sales pitch that memetics is a revolutionary "new science" or a paradigm shift comparable to the discovery that the Earth is round. Less immediately noticeable, but ultimately more damaging to his case is his refusal to seriously consider existing theory. This is most evident in the "missing link" chapter -- allegedly an overview of memetic's unifying place among the social and behavioral sciences -- which really shows the missing link in Lynch's theory is an understanding of the disciplines he expects to conquer. For instance, the well-established social psychology theory of cognitive dissonance deals with the evolution and interaction of ideas and the propensity of an individual to adopt and disseminate an idea, exactly the topics of Lynch's book, yet he does not integrate, confront, or even mention it. Ironically for a theory that originated in biology, Lynch even tends to ignore the importance of old-fashioned genetics -- for instance in his assertion that straight men look at women's breasts because it serves to advertise their heterosexuality. I think that meme theory may be a promising perspective for the social sciences, but it will only fulfill this promise when a more talented theorist becomes "infected" with the meme theory meme.
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1.0 von 5 Sternen thought contagion shmlagion, 12. Dezember 1999
Dear reader. This review was precipitated by my recent procuremnet of Susan Blackmore's Meme Machine. As I perused the first few chapters, I realized how vapid and apassionate Lynch's book was. How much more entertaining Blackmore's description is! Lynch is like a K-mart cowboy attepting self-indoctrination into a new landscape over which he is unable to traverse. As you read, you feel anguishingly bootstrapped to a neophytic writer whose prose is as unnavigable and fractured as the badlands of Bryce Canyon. I read 30 pages. It was the first book I've put down unfinished since I tried Thomas Pynchon when I was 6.
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1.0 von 5 Sternen Not worth reading, 24. April 2000
Aaron Lynch commits errors of the worst of "evolutionary" writers. He finds a social phenomenon (women being domestic workers, couples owning homes, etc.) and comes up with an explanation for it off the top of his mind, couching this explanation in scientific sounding jargon. This is not science. Science demands some proof or evidence for a hypothesis. In addition, it's not very hard to think of explanations for many of the social phenomena that he describes -- most people could come up with a dozen or so "memetic" or "evolutionary" reasons why couples might buy houses. This book lacks both wisdom and scientific vigor.
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4.0 von 5 Sternen This book got me to think
I read Thought Contagion as my first exposure to a book dedicated to the subject of memes and memetics and one of my earliest reads dealing with cultural evolution devoid of the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. Dezember 1999 von Jake Sapiens

5.0 von 5 Sternen Valuable Insights
Aaron Lynch is an ex-Fermilab physicist who co-independently discovered the meme in 1978, and has been researching memetics full-time since 1986. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. April 1999 von Alex Burns (alex.burns@disinfo...

5.0 von 5 Sternen Excellent read for the layman
Although this book doesn't contain much in the way of research it is an excellent primer to the field. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht

2.0 von 5 Sternen Kind of a Road to Nowhere
Maybe someday, someone will write a good book on memes, but I don't think this is it. There's just no "there" there, if you know what I mean. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Januar 1999 veröffentlicht

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