Richard Newbold Adams: 3 books
Energy and Structure
A Theory of Social Power
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
All social structures are essentially power structures dependent on energy. The concept of power and the role of energy in social organization are crucial and timely concerns, especially in light of the current apprehension about future energy resources. In Energy and Structure, Richard N. Adams argues...
Crucifixion by Power
Essays on Guatemalan National Social Structure, 1944–1966
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
"Quite the contrary of old generals, nations do not fade away; they have to be killed." Richard Adams' view of the nation as a basic social unit is central to this pioneering study in social anthropology. The result of many years of research in Guatemala, this volume utilizes the author's fieldwork as...
The Eighth Day
Social Evolution as the Self-Organization of Energy
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Can human social evolution be described in terms common to other sciences, most specifically, as an energy process? The Eighth Day reflects a conviction that the human trajectory, for all its uniqueness and indeterminism, will never be satisfactorily understood until it is framed in dynamics that are...