ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that generalized theory is both possible and applicable. The work is intended to have broad applicability. It can easily be extended to all social sciences, including economics, sociology, anthropology and archeology. The modern tradition of respecting cultural difference and relativity dates to the late nineteenth century. In several disciplines, especially anthropology and sociology, there has been a shift away from a scientific and 'evolutionist' view of culture towards a neutral view that shuns any cultural superiority. Jurgen Habermas theorized that the legitimization of the state is validated by a belief system. Specifically, that society's 'evolution' from a polytheistic to a monotheistic religious community is a key element in the rise of civilization by reducing the inherent fragmentation crises that occurred in polytheistic societies. 'Monotheism, especially Christianity, was the last system of ideas which provided a unifying interpretation acknowledged by more or less all the members of the community'.
