Abstract

Traditionally, the concept of culture implicates some form of expectation. However, this enhancement caused a status of marginalisation: Culture changed to sophisticated culture. Apart from this conceptual development, there is a somewhat matter-of-fact comprehension of culture which was neglected for a long time in cultural theory: In early Enlightenment, it was Blaise Pascal who deduced from common convictions and agreements the originary condition of culture which has become independent and thus determines the systems of faith and knowledge.