{"id":59501,"date":"2016-09-20T18:33:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T23:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=59501"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:41:13","slug":"podcast-236-generational-cycle-theory-can-tell-us-present-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-236-generational-cycle-theory-can-tell-us-present-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #236: What the Generational Cycle Theory Can Tell Us About Our Present Age"},"content":{"rendered":"

The philosopher Lewis Mumford said that “Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.”<\/span><\/p>\n

That has certainly been the case in my own life. I love my father, but grew up really idolizing my grandfather, and the whole World War II generation he was part of. In fact, my admiration for that generation was a huge part of what inspired and continues to inspire the Art of Manliness. The mission of AoM has been to bring back some of the best values of our grandparents’ generation that got lost at the end of the 20th century.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the historian and demographer Neil Howe, there’s a reason Millennials tend to identify more with the Greatest Generation than with Baby Boomers. In fact, there’s a whole pattern that generations, and history itself, cycles through again and again, much like the changing of the seasons. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the 1990s, Howe, along with co-author William Strauss, published two books, Generations<\/i><\/a> and The Fourth Turning<\/i><\/a>, which set out a bold and fascinating theory: that history can be broken down into 4 phases, and 4 generational archetypes that repeat themselves over and over every 80 or so years.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the characteristics of the generational archetype you belong to? What historical phase are we in now, and what does the Strauss-Howe theory predict is likely to happen to the geo-political and economic landscape in the next decade? <\/span><\/p>\n

Stay tuned for the answers to these questions and much more. This is an utterly fascinating podcast you definitely won\u2019t want to miss, and will be talking over with your friends and family.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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