Exploring History
Contents of Exploring History
Chart
Generations
in History
Archetypes
Prophet
Nomad
Hero
Artist
Chart
Turnings in
History
Turnings
First
Second
Third
Fourth
About Our
Message
About
Ourselves
About Our
Method
About What
Readers Say
Exploring History is an introduction to the concepts developed in Strauss and Howe's first book, Generations, continued in 13th Gen and expanded upon in The Fourth Turning.
- Generations and Archetypes What are generations? And why do they recur in four types?
- History and Turnings
What are turnings? And why do they impart a cyclical rhythm to modern history?
With all these concepts to absorb, naturally there are questions. So the authors have put together a little something to help along the way.
- Frequently Asked Questions, the authors reply
- Authors’ Choice is a guide to other resources on the web that may be of interest.
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What are Generations & Archetypes? A generation is composed of people whose common location in history lends them a collective persona. The span of one generation is roughly the length of a phase of life. Generations come in four archetypes, always in the same order, whose phase-of-life positions comprise a constellation. |
What is a Turning? A turning is an era with a characteristic social mood, a new twist on how people feel about themselves and their nation. It results from the aging of the generational constellation. A society enters a turning once every twenty years or so, when all living generations begin to enter their next phases of life. Like archetypes and constellations, turnings come four to a saeculum, and always in the same order. |
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