The mythic potential of evolution

Zygon

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-38

  Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Directive function; Evolutionary myth; Explanatory function; Myth system; Reflective consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750154777     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00257     Document Type: Article

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