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Memetics has long been viewed as a quasi-discipline, as something good for light paper-back reading, or an interesting article in the New York Times, but lacking in true academic muscle. It is the purpose of this paper to not only briefly demonstrate the failings of the “field” of memetics as it exists today (for these have espoused to near exhaustion by others) but also, and more importantly, begin a dialogue highlighting the positive aspects of the theory and present ways which sociologists can and should be looking to incorporate them into our own work. It is important to note that my goal here is to facilitate a dialogue for the betterment of sociology by bringing to light areas where we could learn from memetics. I am in no way suggesting that memetics is “the wave of the future” while sociology is a “thing of the past.” What I am suggesting is that “memes” can be useful tools for exploring social issues and social change. |
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Name: American Sociological Association
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| Derr, Kyle. "A Sociological Critique of Memetics" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p22796_index.html> |
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| Derr, K. C. , 2005-08-12 "A Sociological Critique of Memetics" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p22796_index.html |
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Abstract: Memetics has long been viewed as a quasi-discipline, as something good for light paper-back reading, or an interesting article in the New York Times, but lacking in true academic muscle. It is the purpose of this paper to not only briefly demonstrate the failings of the “field” of memetics as it exists today (for these have espoused to near exhaustion by others) but also, and more importantly, begin a dialogue highlighting the positive aspects of the theory and present ways which sociologists can and should be looking to incorporate them into our own work. It is important to note that my goal here is to facilitate a dialogue for the betterment of sociology by bringing to light areas where we could learn from memetics. I am in no way suggesting that memetics is “the wave of the future” while sociology is a “thing of the past.” What I am suggesting is that “memes” can be useful tools for exploring social issues and social change. |
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| Memetics – From Whence it Comes The term “meme” was first coined by Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene. The primary motivation for the book though was to defend Darwinian evolution…a fact which explains why “Memes: the new replicators” took up only 12 pages…less than one/tenth of the whole. To its primary task (again defending Darwinian evolution) the book does a very good (if not exceptional) job laying out the case for how acting in an individualistically |
| 2000. “People do more than Imitate.” Scientific American vol. 283 num 4:72. Poulshock Joseph. 2002. “Theology Coming to Terms with Evolution: Evolutionary Theology and God-Memes: Explaining Everything or Nothing.” Zygon vol. 37 num. 4:775-788. Rushkoff Douglas. 1996. Media Virus! Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture. Ballantine Books: New York. ------. 2000. The Merchants of Cool. Frontline: PBS Video. Swidler Ann. 1986. “Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies.” American Sociological Review vol. 51 num. 2:273-286. Tomlinson Matt. 2004. “Memes and Metaculture: |
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