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@ 2014-02-14 12:50:00

"Homo-sapiens, much like other primates, create status hierarchies while competing for resources and mates. Status is directly proportional to the ability to exercise power. All of human history has been a result of this inter and intra-hierachy competition."

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garamgajejs
2014-02-14 15:49 (saite)

I'll try, because this is interesting, but seems to be somewhat simplistic view [and probably sociobiology-inspired]. Ascription of value is intrinsic to human activity. Value implies hierarchy (of goods, humans, resources, anything). Because of the value, human history indeed has been to large extent shaped by the ways of competition But that is different to say that it's a result of competition. Humans cooperate a lot, too. And human history can be shaped by random events or, for example, curiosity. That is, it results from the assemblage of phenomena. Statuses are not created only from competition for resources and mates. Statuses are intertwinned with power but not directly proportionate to the ability to exercise it. Status belongs to the hierarchy and yet somebody with lower status can have more ability to exercise power than that of a higher one. This suggests that value of the status is not determined by the hierarchy but by the ability to exercise power.

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artis
2014-02-17 20:16 (saite)

Paldies. Tas ir precīzāk, piekritīšu.

"Among polygamous primates, males typically spend much of their time competing for high rank in dominance hierarchies and for mating access to females.

It turns out that we aren't monogamous or polygamous by nature. As everyone from poets to divorce attorneys can attest, we are by nature a profoundly confused species—somewhere in between." http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304104504579374872476645630?mod=e2fb

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