Religion

The social meaning I said had no name, I then identified down thread as a "grand narrative." I need to clarify that. We have a thing called American society - shared history, social norms, and a sense of common destiny as a group of people. Secular nations generally have this sort of thing and if the basic narrative breaks down, there can be conflict. That's what I mean by a grand narrative.

We see this in the UK. Are they part of some sort of European superstate, or are they different from The Continent? You can make a common destiny out of either one, but they have to choose now and can't decide. Therefore they have a conflict. For better or worse, they will eventually go one way or another, or maybe find an alternative that transcends both on a sort of Hegelian synthesis.

We find similar tensions in America and elsewhere these days.