Pendulum : how past generations shape our present and predict our future
Title:
Pendulum : how past generations shape our present and predict our future
Author:
Williams, Roy H.
Drew, Michael R.
ISBN:
9781593157067
Publication Information:
New York : Vanguard Press, c2012
Physical Description:
ix, 253 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and index.
Abstract:
Politics, manners, humor, sexuality, wealth, even our definitions of success are periodically renegotiated based on the new values society chooses to use as a lens to judge what is acceptable. Are these new values randomly chosen or is there a pattern? Pendulum chronicles the stuttering history of Western society; that endless back-and-forth swing between one excess and another, always reminded of what we left behind. There is a pattern and it is 40 years: 2003 was a fulcrum year, as was 1963, its opposite. Pendulum explains where we have been as a society, how we got here, and where we are headed. If you would benefit from a peek into the future, you would do well to read this book.--Publisher description.
Subject:
| Social history -- 1945- |
| Social change -- History -- 20th century |
| Generations |
| Social sciences -- Philosophy |
| Civilization, Modern -- 1950- |
| Regression (Civilization) |
| Forecasting |
| Individualism |
Summary:
Politics, manners, humor, sexuality, wealth, even our definitions of success are periodically renegotiated based on the new values society chooses to use as a lens to judge what is acceptable. Are these new values randomly chosen or is there a pattern? Pendulum chronicles the stuttering history of Western society; that endless back-and-forth swing between one excess and another, always reminded of what we left behind. There is a pattern and it is 40 years: 2003 was a fulcrum year, as was 1963, its opposite. Pendulum explains where we have been as a society, how we got here, and where we are headed. If you would benefit from a peek into the future, you would do well to read this book.--Publisher description.