ABSTRACT
In order to fully develop a theory that supports the transformation of the individual and society simultaneously, it is important to account not only for the creative processes through which individuals can become more differentiated, but also to account for the severe destructive patterns that groups and nations fall into and in which individuals get catastrophically caught up. In their theory of "the cultural complex" Sam Kimbles and Thomas Singer shed light on a cultural dimension of human experience that may be largely responsible for much human suffering (Kimbles and Singer 2004: 1).
