The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (931 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00005UPTV |
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| Number of Pages | : | 381 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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It also shows us how we can prepare for what's ahead, both individually and as a nation. Placed in the context of history's long rhythms, the persona and role of each generation become clear--as does the inevitability of the coming Crisis.By applying the lessons of history, The Fourth Turning makes some bold and hopeful predictions about America's next rendezvous with destiny. Together, the four turnings comprise history's seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth.Strauss and Howe locate today's America as midway through an Unraveling, roughly a decade away from the next era of Crisis. In a brilliant analysis of the post-World War II period, they show how generational dynamics are the key to understanding the cycles of American history. Then comes an Unraveling, an increasingly troubled era in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion as a new order takes root after the old has been swept away. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about a new American era that will begin just after the millennium.William Strauss and Neil Howe base this vision on a provocative new theory of American history
Fasten your seatbelts Anand Rangarajan This is the kind of book I should ordinarily despise. It contains a broad arc of history viewed internally and is epic in the worst way possible. And yet, it is incredibly compelling for two reasons: (i) there is something to be said for viewing history from the perspective of generational change and (ii) the prediction made in the book (written in 1998) that we will enter a time of crisis around 2005 give or take a . An Intriguing Concept a Bit Overcooked The Fourth Turning introduces an intriguing concept about the predictable repetition of historical cycles - talk about being condemned to repeat history! But I felt the authors had fallen in love with their conceptulization and stretched a bit - sometimes quite a bit - to make it work. I ordered my copy after learning that President Trump's controversial advisor, Steve Bannon, is a fan of the book.. Go for the print edition, rather than the Kindle format book Amazon Customer The Kindle edition has several typos and even some links to tables/figures on _this page_ that end up on a page without a table/figure.Also, the large tables end up with tiny type and don't enlarge well, so they are difficult to read on my Kindle. In other cases, the tables end up far away from where the prose refers to them. Disappointing reading experience, entirely separate from the material within the book.
Fans of Future Shock, Megatrends, or Powershift will be familiar with the authors' style of writing and not at all put off by the book's reach or style. Those expecting a serious or dry tome might be put off by the authors' taste for bulleted text and catchy phrasings, but can you blame these guys for wanting to make impending peril as exciting as possible? After all, they think we are headed toward "events on par with the Revolution, the Civil War, or World War II" in the next 20 years. The Fourth Turning continues the project of