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Goudsblom's Law of Three Stages: The Global Spread of Socio-Cultural Traits in Human History

Goudsbloms Gesetz der drei Stadien: Die globale Ausbreitung soziokultureller Merkmale in der Menschheitsgeschichte
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Wilterdink, Nico

Abstract

In several publications, Johan Goudsblom advanced a “law of three stages” concerning the spread of certain socio-cultural traits (x, y, z...) over humanity. In the first stage, no human society has trait x; in the second stage, some societies have that trait; and in the third stage, all societies ha... mehr

In several publications, Johan Goudsblom advanced a “law of three stages” concerning the spread of certain socio-cultural traits (x, y, z...) over humanity. In the first stage, no human society has trait x; in the second stage, some societies have that trait; and in the third stage, all societies have the trait. Important examples of such traits pertain to what Goudsblom has depicted as the great “ecological transformations” in human history: the control of fire, the domestication of plants and animals, and industrialisation. Other examples are metallurgy, writing, money, state organisation, clocks, and computers. This paper elaborates this model and explores its scope, validity, and usefulness for understanding long-term trends in human history. It discusses the model’s theoretical implications (section 2), causal interconnections between socio-cultural traits that spread globally (section 3), explanations for the transition from the second to the third stage (section 3, which includes a brief discussion of Cultural Darwinism), and different mechanisms by which socio-cultural traits spread from some to more societies (section 4). Section 5 deals with the consequences of this spread for power relations between societies. Section 6 focuses on recent developments, including the digital revolution and the transition from the use of fossil fuels to the exploitation of other energy sources. The concluding section discusses briefly the scope and validity of Goudsblom’s “law of three stages” in view of these recent developments.... weniger

Klassifikation
Soziologie
Geschichte

Freie Schlagwörter
Johan Goudsblom; law of three stages; process model; social evolution; diffusion; cultural growth; competitive advantages; power resources; Cultural Darwinism; ways of spreading; socio-cultural Traits; human history; global spread; power inequalities; power

Sprache Dokument
Englisch

Publikationsjahr
2023

Seitenangabe
S. 84-104

Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 48 (2023) 1

Heftthema
Long-Term Processes in Human History

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0


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