The Modern World-System and Evolution

The concept of evolution is ambiguous. Sometimes it only means those changes that have historically ocurred. In other cases it has a more teleological aspect, as in the claim that acorns evolve into oaks. In that meaning, the end result is the normal outcome of a pattern inscribed in the inner struc...

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Main Author: Immanuel Wallerstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 1995-08-01
Series:Journal of World-Systems Research
Online Access:http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/46