The Mythic Potential of Evolution
This article focuses on therelationship between science and myth. Its author (1) suggests that the theory of evolutionpro-vides the most powerful mythic structure for our times; (2) points out the problems that arisefrom the fact that, historically, evolution became yoked to the earlier concept of m...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2000
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Zygon
Année: 2000, Volume: 35, Numéro: 1, Pages: 25-38 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Cultural Evolution
B myth system B directive function B explanatory function B reflectiveconsciousness B evolutionarymyth |
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Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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Résumé: | This article focuses on therelationship between science and myth. Its author (1) suggests that the theory of evolutionpro-vides the most powerful mythic structure for our times; (2) points out the problems that arisefrom the fact that, historically, evolution became yoked to the earlier concept of material,technological “progress”; (3) argues for an interpretation of evolution that is basedon religious and psychological models of human development; and (4) proposes that such aninterpretation, in which personal and social growth is seen as the possible outcome ofevolutionary forces, may act as a corrective to a myth based on material progress. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00257 |