Here is a bold claim: humans develop along a universal staircase with distinct steps. This is true for individuals as well as for societies. Each of us begins life in total immersion with our environment and progressively individuate and complexify. Each human culture has emerged from an archaic past to similarly develop toward richer capacity and articulation.
The Developmental Paradigms of Consciousness
Here is a bold claim: humans develop along a universal staircase with distinct steps. This is true for individuals as well as for societies. Each of us begins life in total immersion with our environment and progressively individuate and complexify. Each human culture has emerged from an archaic past to similarly develop toward richer capacity and articulation.