The Flows between Fields. the Concept of "Culture" in Sociology and Primatology

The purpose of the presentation is both to track a migration of the concept of "culture" from sociology (and cultural anthropology) to primatology, and than to compare the ways the concept of "culture" has been understood in these two fields. A process called "naturalization of the social sciences" (sociology included) is accompanied by less evident process of "sociologization/anthropologization" of the evolutionary sciences. But such "sociologization/anthropologization" is done selectively. The question is, what are the factors responsible for the reception of the certain concepts, theories, studies developed in social sciences? How evolutionists deal with problems and dilemmas (e.g. the conflict between the "behaviorists" and "psychologists") essential for classical social sciences? Do they remain unresolved, abolished, or are still hidden? Finally, this analysis allows one, both to compare ways the concept of "culture" has been understood both in social sciences and evolutionary sciences (especially in primatology) and to identify a main mechanisms responsible for translocation of the concept of "culture" between these two fields.