There is no trajectory of progress. There's no pyramid that conveniently places Victorian England at the apex and descends down the flanks to the so-called primitives of the world.
進歩の軌跡もなければ ビクトリア朝英国を頂点に ふもとの方に 原始的と呼ぶ人たちを 置くようなピラミッド型の階層もありません