在每个巨大社会的内部,都有数个明显分离的社会群体。当我们的水准从更高等的文明向更低等的文明移动时,就会发现这些群体之间差异的累增和它们自主性的增长。相反,保留在现代社会中1唯一十分明显的社会分化标志是世俗和宗教世界之间的不同——世俗和神圣的不同。从文艺复兴时期以来,在不同的国家和民族, Within each huge society there are several distinct social groups. As we move from higher civilizations to lower civilizations, we see an increase in the disparity between these groups and an increase in their autonomy. On the contrary, the only sign of social differentiation that remains in modern society1 is the difference between secular and religious worlds - secular and sacred. Since the Renaissance, in different countries and nations,