Skip to main content

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

arc of evolution  

Definition

  • One must distinguish between the fact of organic evolution and those different interpretations of this process that are offered in the world literature. The arc of interpretations ranges from materialism, through vitalism and spiritualism, to mysticism. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Evolution, Arc of]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-HS59NWS0-4

Download this concept: