
* The relevance of these stages for understanding many current developments in the West, especially in relation to the prevalent unwillingness to judge any opinion, culture, religion.
* The relevance of these stages as well for understanding the way movements that are meant to bring greater social justice so easily go wrong (French Revolution, Russian Revolution, etc).
* Finally, reasons why attention is overwhelmingly outward - for example, on the wrongs of racism - rather than on exploring and understanding these stages.
A general point: the undoing of traditional dominance structures (highly desirable) is complex - and the less we understand, the more likely it is a dangerous process.