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Ontological Considerations
The utility of the study of history is in the apprehension of an idea as to where we are now, via knowledge of the past.
A relatively accurate historical
assessment of our current place
in space-time provides us with further ideas for consideration in
making good decisions for
future direction.
Human civilization and history begin with the development of the sign-system of language-writing over five millennia ago; however, for people living now, an understanding of the modern world essentially begins from the so-called “First Industrial Revolution” (c. 1850)—and this is where the locus of my own project begins.
The term “modernism” includes of course the
arts as well as information techne—
(i.e., economic, scientific, and political
evolutions).
And so, where are we now?
A critic might suggest that from peak modernism (c. 1950) the sum of human civilization has proceeded via an elegant postmodernism unto an unfortunate current state of neo-primitivism, hypernormalisation, and post-truth.
Yet, without a proper grasp of
historical understanding, how should we
have concepts for moving towards a
brighter neo-renaissance?
© 2017 Tully Atkinson
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