tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450676110202972132.post2281445350094096581..comments2023-10-02T07:32:27.769-07:00Comments on The Metaphor Group: What happened to history and art?Troy Camplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450676110202972132.post-12268673012810438892008-06-07T09:27:00.000-07:002008-06-07T09:27:00.000-07:00What would cause all histories to merge into one l...What would cause all histories to merge into one large history? And is it even possible? Right now, cultures are in and out of history and on different tracks. These histories trade with one another and these histories are connected to each other, but the cultural history of the West, for example, is out of history right now, where as China is currently in a historical narrative. Maybe a world wide news event very briefly unites a lot of the world, like the moon landing.Todd Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735574643827102148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450676110202972132.post-90352328690239675072008-06-04T14:08:00.000-07:002008-06-04T14:08:00.000-07:00a few more: the Renaissance, including Galileo and...a few more: the Renaissance, including Galileo and Columbus' journey (resulting in the discovery/creation of a new heaven and a new earth); Alexander the Greats' campaign/reign; overthrow of the Czars in Russia (end of Czarist history).Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450676110202972132.post-24096749601596414912008-06-04T13:53:00.000-07:002008-06-04T13:53:00.000-07:00A few more end of history moments: Fall of Rome, e...A few more end of history moments: Fall of Rome, end of Dynastic rule<BR/>in China, fall of Mauryas in India, to Native Americans - the landing of Columbus.Todd Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735574643827102148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450676110202972132.post-80338717413020936592008-06-02T14:35:00.000-07:002008-06-02T14:35:00.000-07:00This article by Ian McEwan might be interesting in...This article by <A HREF="http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2283072,00.html" REL="nofollow">Ian McEwan</A> might be interesting in light of this topic.Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7450676110202972132.post-25386906868128286582008-05-31T17:47:00.000-07:002008-05-31T17:47:00.000-07:00The suggestion, then, is that true history is stor...The suggestion, then, is that true history is story, meaning if there is not a story, an overarching narrative, then we are not in an historical period. The Napoleonic Age is such a narrative, as is the WWI-WWII-Cold War era. So we end up with historic era-chaotic era-historic era-chaotic era. <BR/><BR/>Another option would be to follow the spiral dynamics model, in which the egalitarian stage, in which postmodernism falls, is indeed the end of history, if we consider history the time of man, since the 1st tier is the psychosociology of man through several stages. With the advent of the 2nd tier thinker, and especially should a 2nd tier society develop, a new post-historical era will arise. Thus, different societies are in different stages. Many countries are still historical. A few, like the Western countries, are at the End of History. There are posthistorical people, but no posthistorical countries yet. It is up to the former to lead us to the latter. <BR/><BR/>Thoughts?Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.com