DOMESTICATION AND HISTORICITY:IN MEMORY OF PETER J. WILSON

Authors

  • Jeffrey Sissons

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11157/sites-vol3iss2id20

Abstract

In this paper, dedicated to the memory of Peter Wilson, I take as my starting point his last book on cultural evolution – The Domestication of the Human Species – and propose a way in which its thesis might be elaborated and extended. Briefly, I argue that if, as I think Wilson has shown, domestication coincided with the appearance of society as explicit, objectified structure, then this had significant implications for the nature of domesticated historicity. Domestication was not only an epochal break in human history, but it also made possible new modes of social transformation.

Downloads

Published

11-06-2008

How to Cite

Sissons, J. (2008). DOMESTICATION AND HISTORICITY:IN MEMORY OF PETER J. WILSON. Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, 3(2), 137–149. https://doi.org/10.11157/sites-vol3iss2id20

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2006)

Section

Articles

License

Copyright © in this published form is held by Sites: New Series, Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa New Zealand, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Individual readers and non-profit libraries acting for them, are permitted to print or download a single copy of an article without charge for use in research or teaching. Permitted use includes providing a link to an article, or hosting a PDF article in online Learning Management Systems or E-Reserve Systems for authorised users. A single article may be used in print or online Course Packs. Interlibrary loan is permitted. New Zealand Copyright Law and Copyright Licensing New Zealand Education Licence provisions apply. This consent does not extend to other kinds of copying, such as copying for general distribution, for advertising or promotional purposes, for creating new collective works or for resale. For such uses, written permission is required. Write to the Editor: sites@otago.ac.nz