Philosphy, politics and science does not result in some way from the increasing complexity of material culture for these forms of social development [broadly speaking] are prerequisites to organisation of society as a whole, including its means of production. Therefore, if distinction is to be made between the material and the symbolic levels of social development, it must be retained that these are integral to one another, intertwined.
Regarding the meaning of advancement and development, I presume our views will differ in predictable ways so I'll prefer to leave it where it is..