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Oscillations Between Barbarism and Civilization

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  • Anna Makolkin

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Human advancement has never been a steady progression from barbarism to civilization, there usually were ups and downs of advancement of Being, values, skills and customs invented and re-invented, abandoned, forgotten and re-invented again and again throughout millennia. Having stepped into the 21st century, when Reason has basically abandoned many of us and encountering barbarism again, it may be useful to re-examine the overall human passage from the stage of savagery to the more advanced stages of existence, trying to obtain the approximate pattern of changes and re-define the meaning of civilization and barbarism. This re-examination involves a second look at the phenomenon of cyclicity and shift, possessing a quasi- biological rhythm. This paper offers a mini transhistoric and cross-cultural analysis of the civilizational shifts.

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  • Anna Makolkin, 2014. "Oscillations Between Barbarism and Civilization," E-LOGOS, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2014(1), pages 1-18.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlelg:v:2014:y:2014:i:1:id:376:p:1-18
    DOI: 10.18267/j.e-logos.376
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