The cycles of civilization have been as follows: 1. Formation of a culture through ideological unity/cohesion. 2. Expansion of the culture through diffusion of cultural elements and products. 3. Internal conflict, demoralization and polarized social unrest. 4. Social reorganization and development into an age of empire. 5. Economic corroption, demoralization, social unrrest cultural invasion and death of civilization. In which stage is Western civilization today?