The choreography of everyday life—a missing brick in the general evolution theory
- 1 November 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in World Futures
- Vol. 27 (2) , 207-226
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02604027.1989.9972137
Abstract
The “choreography of everyday life refers to the existence of rules of daily life, correspondingly to those of dances: the rules impose order upon individual behavior beyond the level of pure improvisation. The fact that acts of everyday life repeat themselves supports the idea that there exist some mechanisms generating order to daily practices. The replicative model of evolution is a candidate to explain this process of routinization. At the beginning of a replicative cycle behavioral patterns might change radically. In the course of time integrative and competitive selective forces start working. Finally some established rules, choreography, determining daily practices will emerge. In this mature phase identical replication takes place.Keywords
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