The uniqueness of cultures, universality and normativity – with special reference to the normative meaning of differentiation
D.F.M. Strauss
The inevitable presence of similarities between different cultures sets a limit to the (irrationalist) claim that uniqueness every culture precludes comparability cultures. Investigating background this untenable view opens up way arrive at reassessment role continuity and universality. This provides basis an account normative meaning biotical analogies within various aspects reality. characterization undifferentiated societies in contrasting highlights societal differentiation. Examples excessive expansion power particular spheres, such as domain church or scope science (during Middle Ages modern development society), demonstrate course factual events frequently does not observe (sphere-sovereign) structural boundaries for differentiated collectivities.
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