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ANNOTATION:
for further information see The Lucifer Principle: a scientific expedition into the forces of history
For further information see: Bloom, Howard. The Lucifer Principle: a scientific expedition into the forces of history. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995.
For an overall view of the nature of the meme, see The Lucifer Principle chapter "From Genes to Memes" (pp. 97-101). This also covers some of the differences between gene transmission and meme transmission.
For a historical view of the increasing importance of the meme in the development of human social systems, see "The Nose of A Rat and the Human
Mind--A Brief History of the Rise of Memes" (pp. 102-105) and
"Oliver Cromwell--The Rodent Instincts Don a Disguise" (pp. 161-169),
For the physiological and psychological mechanisms through which memes gain
their grasp over humans, see "The Village of the Sorcerers and the Riddle
of Control" (pp. 110-114) and "Why Men Embrace Ideas and Why Ideas Embrace Men"
(pp. 178-180)
And for the role of memes in large scale social organization and geopolitics, see
"When Memes Collide--the Pecking Order of Nations" (pp. 195-202).
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