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  2. Gerhard Lenski - Wikipedia

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    Gerhard Emmanuel "Gerry" Lenski, Jr. (August 13, 1924 – December 7, 2015) was an American sociologist known for contributions to the sociology of religion, social inequality, and introducing the ecological-evolutionary theory.

  3. Ecological-evolutionary theory - Wikipedia

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    It also has been viewed as a synthesis of the structural functionalism and conflict theory. [4] Proposed by Gerhard Lenski, the theory perhaps is best articulated in his book, Ecological-Evolutionary Theory: Principles and Applications (2005). [2] [5] His major collaborators, Jean Lenski and Patrick Nolan, also are said to have contributed to ...

  4. Structural functionalism - Wikipedia

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    Parsons' evolutionary theory describes the differentiation and reintegration systems and subsystems and thus at least ... Lenski, Gerhard (1966). "Power and Privilege ...

  5. Sociocultural evolution - Wikipedia

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    In his Power and Prestige (1966) and Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology (1974), Gerhard Lenski expands on the works of Leslie White and Lewis Henry Morgan, [70] developing the ecological-evolutionary theory. He views technological progress as the most basic factor in the evolution of societies and cultures. [70]

  6. Sociological theory - Wikipedia

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    A sociological theory is a supposition that ... , Gerhard Lenski, ... the function of social systems and to analyzing processes of evolution via mechanisms of ...

  7. Status inconsistency - Wikipedia

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    Gerhard Lenski was a major proponent of this theory. He argues that if people are ranked higher in one dimension than another, then they are going to emphasize their higher rank. Since others may focus instead on the former's lower rank, the situation may generate conflict.

  8. List of sociologists - Wikipedia

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    Gerhard Lenski, American evolutionary sociologist; Magdalena León de Leal (born 1939), ... German sociologist (systems theory) György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher;

  9. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis - Wikipedia

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    Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975; 25th anniversary edition 2000) is a book by the biologist E. O. Wilson.It helped start the sociobiology debate, one of the great scientific controversies in biology of the 20th century and part of the wider debate about evolutionary psychology and the modern synthesis of evolutionary biology.