Darwinizing Culture edited by Robert Aunger, Oxford University Press,
£19.99, ISBN 0192632442
METAPHOR and analogy are frail foundations for a brave new science,
especially when the imagery is genetic and the field’s focus is human culture.
But if you need a guide into the murky heart of memetics, look no further than
the essays in Darwinizing Culture, which are a fine illustration of the
murkiness at the heart of memetics, admirably framed by Bob Aunger’s
introduction and conclusion.
As memetics is barely out of the cradle, it’s not surprising that this book
reveals the discipline’s growing pains. There are two…
