Direito como adaptação evolutiva: uma análise crítica a Hodgson & Knudsen

  • Fábio Portela Universidade de Brasilia (2016) - Pesquisador do ICES-EÜF, DISCOUnB, e do GENe-UFMG. 

Resumen

O presente artigo examina o papel do direito como uma transição evolutiva fundamental na organização das sociedades humanas. Baseando-se nas teorias das grandes transições evolutivas propostas por Maynard Smith e Szathmáry, bem como na abordagem de Hodgson e Knudsen sobre a evolução social, argumenta-se que o direito, mais do que um mero mecanismo regulador, desempenhou um papel estrutural na formação da estratificação social e na estabilização da cooperação. A análise crítica ao modelo de Hodgson e Knudsen sugere que a diferenciação entre direito e costume foi essencial para o surgimento de sociedades complexas, sendo o direito responsável por codificar papéis sociais e garantir a previsibilidade normativa. A partir de uma perspectiva interdisciplinar, que integra direito, biologia evolutiva, sociologia e antropologia, defende-se que o direito operou como uma adaptação societal necessária para a evolução da organização social humana.

Biografía del autor/a

Fábio Portela, Universidade de Brasilia (2016) - Pesquisador do ICES-EÜF, DISCOUnB, e do GENe-UFMG. 

Fábio Portela L. Almeida é Doutor em Direito pela Universidade de Brasilia (2016), onde obteve o grau de
Mestre em Filosofia (2011) e Mestre em Direitoa (2007). Autor de Constitution: the Darwinian Evolution of a
Societal Structure (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2020) e diversos artigos em que discute a aplicação da teoria
evolutiva aos domínios do direito e da filosofia moral. O autor também é pesquisador do ICES-EÜF, DISCOUnB, e do GENe-UFMG. 

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Publicado
2025-11-07
Cómo citar
Portela, F. (2025). Direito como adaptação evolutiva: uma análise crítica a Hodgson & Knudsen. ARARIPE — REVISTA DE FILOSOFIA - , 5(1), 198-228. https://doi.org/10.56837/Araripe.2024.v5.n1.1445