Talking About Social Inequality: Three Concepts of Difference

The article analyzes the categories and classifications of social inequality by asking which linguistic possibilities are available for developing concepts inequality. builds on Koselleck’s three kinds differentiation: above below, inner outer, earlier later. It examines how these used in demonstrates processes shifting from one kind differentiation to another. In conclusion, I claim that reach their limits increasingly heterogeneous societies expect differences like sexual orientation ethnicity be equally valued recognized.