Cultural attraction theory

In Simon Coleman & Hilarry Callan (eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (2018)
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Abstract

Cultural Attraction Theory (CAT), also referred to as cultural epidemiology, is an evolutionary theory of culture. It provides conceptual tools and a theoretical framework for explaining why and how ideas, practices, artifacts and other cultural items spread and persist in a community and its habitat. It states that cultural phenomena result from psychological or ecological factors of attraction.

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Christophe Heintz
Central European University

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