Dr Robert Aunger completed his PhD in Anthopology at UCLA. He has taught at Nortwestern University, The University of Chicago, as well as Cambridge University. He has recently signed with Free Press (via agent John Brockman) to write a trade book entitled 'The Electric Meme)

A stimulating snapshot of the state of memetics from the year 1999. I recommend it to anyone interested in the history and development of the field.

• FOREWORD BY DANIEL DENNETT; INTRODUCTION; 'MEMES' EYE VISION (SUSAN BLACKMORE); TAKING MEMETICS SERIOUSLY (DAVID HULL); MEMES THROUGH (SOCIAL) MINDS (ROSARIA CONTE); CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISM (HENRY PLOTKIN); THE EVOLUTION OF THE MEME (KEVIN LALAND AND JOHN ODLING-SMEE); MEMES: UNIVERSITY ACID OR A BETTER MOUSE TRAP (ROBERT BOYD AND PETER RICHERSON); AN OBJECTION TO THE MEMETIC APPROACH TO CULTURE (DAN SPERBER); IF MEMES ARE THE ANSWER, WHAT IS THE QUESTION (ADAM KUPER); A WELL-DISPOSED SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGIST'S PROBLEM WITH MEMES (MAURICE BLOCH); CONCLUSION (ROBERT AUNGER)

Dr Robert Aunger completed his PhD in Anthopology at UCLA. He has taught at Nortwestern University, The University of Chicago, as well as Cambridge University. He has recently signed with Free Press (via agent John Brockman) to write a trade book entitled 'The Electric Meme)

A stimulating snapshot of the state of memetics from the year 1999. I recommend it to anyone interested in the history and development of the field.

• FOREWORD BY DANIEL DENNETT; INTRODUCTION; 'MEMES' EYE VISION (SUSAN BLACKMORE); TAKING MEMETICS SERIOUSLY (DAVID HULL); MEMES THROUGH (SOCIAL) MINDS (ROSARIA CONTE); CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISM (HENRY PLOTKIN); THE EVOLUTION OF THE MEME (KEVIN LALAND AND JOHN ODLING-SMEE); MEMES: UNIVERSITY ACID OR A BETTER MOUSE TRAP (ROBERT BOYD AND PETER RICHERSON); AN OBJECTION TO THE MEMETIC APPROACH TO CULTURE (DAN SPERBER); IF MEMES ARE THE ANSWER, WHAT IS THE QUESTION (ADAM KUPER); A WELL-DISPOSED SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGIST'S PROBLEM WITH MEMES (MAURICE BLOCH); CONCLUSION (ROBERT AUNGER)

Dr Robert Aunger completed his PhD in Anthopology at UCLA. He has taught at Nortwestern University, The University of Chicago, as well as Cambridge University. He has recently signed with Free Press (via agent John Brockman) to write a trade book entitled 'The Electric Meme)

A stimulating snapshot of the state of memetics from the year 1999. I recommend it to anyone interested in the history and development of the field.

• FOREWORD BY DANIEL DENNETT; INTRODUCTION; 'MEMES' EYE VISION (SUSAN BLACKMORE); TAKING MEMETICS SERIOUSLY (DAVID HULL); MEMES THROUGH (SOCIAL) MINDS (ROSARIA CONTE); CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISM (HENRY PLOTKIN); THE EVOLUTION OF THE MEME (KEVIN LALAND AND JOHN ODLING-SMEE); MEMES: UNIVERSITY ACID OR A BETTER MOUSE TRAP (ROBERT BOYD AND PETER RICHERSON); AN OBJECTION TO THE MEMETIC APPROACH TO CULTURE (DAN SPERBER); IF MEMES ARE THE ANSWER, WHAT IS THE QUESTION (ADAM KUPER); A WELL-DISPOSED SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGIST'S PROBLEM WITH MEMES (MAURICE BLOCH); CONCLUSION (ROBERT AUNGER)