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It's not clear from the article, but is Turchin only looking at US/North American history? And so do his propositions only apply there?
by hansvs 6y ago
It's not clear from the article, but is Turchin only looking at US/North American history? And so do his propositions only apply there?
- titanomachy 6y agoHe says he's looking at the last 10,000 years of history, so no. He also makes explicit reference to the French Revolution.
- hansvs 6y agoThanks, on further though this reminds of Strauss–Howe theory [1] that there are generational cycles in history which tend to related to certain archetypes which repeat again and again. I really do need to look more into Turchin. EDIT: LOL, I read the Wikipedia article more closely [1] and it seems Turchin has actually talked about this theory, which he feels is more like prophecy than an actual scientific theory. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss–Howe_generational_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss–Howe_generational_theo...