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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| 格式: | 電子 Article |
| 語言: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2000
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Zygon
Year: 2000, 卷: 35, 發布: 1, Pages: 25-38 |
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Cultural Evolution
B myth system B directive function B explanatory function B reflectiveconsciousness B evolutionarymyth |
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| 總結: | 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 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00257 |