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".

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