Cultural Evolution - People's Motovations are Changing, and Reshaping the World (Relié)

"This book is the product of an extremely ambitious project - ambitious in terms of the broad scope of the various aspects of society that its theoretical insights purport to explain, but also in terms of the range of the social science disciplines that are swept up and integrated into this "Evolutionary Modernization theory". One could even regard this enterprise as striving towards what would be the equivalent of "unified field theory" in physics.
What Chutzpah ! And what a burden of proof such an ambitious enterprise would face. Remarkably, Inglehart succeeds in this demanding task, the ultimate product of which I regard as one of the most important works in the social sciences in decades." Richard Gunther, Ohio State University. "Cultural Evolution culminates a remarkably productive half-century's exploration of cultural change by Ronald F.
Inglehart. This renowned scholar now extends the reach of his theory to global history, while honing his concepts to dissect, for example, the emergence of right-wing populism and LGBTQ activism. This is Inglehart at his most ambitious and most astute. It is a powerful book." Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University. "Cultural Evolution is an intellectual tour-de-force. Drawing on insights from years of research in societies representing 90 percent of the world's population, the renowned political scientist Ronald F.
Inglehart traces the most important changes taking place across the globe - the shift from Materialist to Postmaterialist values. His brilliant new Evolutionary Modernization theory explains changes in religion, conflict, gender equality, democracy, happiness, among other phenomena, through the same parsimonious scientific lens. It is a fantastic read for anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of culture change." Michele Gelfand, University of Maryland.