Social Threefolding - Three Realms of Society

Three Realms of Society

Steiner distinguished three realms of society:

• the economy;
• politics, law, and human rights; and
• cultural institutions, including science, education, arts, religion, and media.

He suggested that the three would only become mutually corrective and function together in a healthy way when each was granted sufficient independence. This has become known as "social threefolding".