books: The Fourth Turning & Generations

 The Fourth Turning - Wikipedia

The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy is a 1997 book by Neil Howe and William Strauss. It is based on the Strauss–Howe generational theory, which posits that American history is driven by political and economic crisis cycles, followed by periods of prosperity.^[1] A sequel, The Fourth Turning Is Here, was published in 2023.

The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy - What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny: Strauss, William, Howe, Neil: 9780767900461: Amazon.com: Books

1. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion.
2. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion.
3. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions.
4. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history.

The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or “turnings”—that comprise history’s seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny.

Generations (book) - Wikipedia

Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584–2069 is a 1991 non-fiction book by William Strauss and Neil Howe. It described the Strauss–Howe generational theory, which posits that American history takes place along generational cycles of crisis and resurgence.

Generations: Howe, Neil: 9780688119126: Amazon.com: Books

The Strauss-Howe generational theory explains how generations evolve, and how they affect our society—from hundreds of years in the past to decades in the future.

William Strauss and Neil Howe posit the history of America as a succession of generational biographies, beginning in 1584 and encompassing everyone through the children of today. Their bold theory is that each generation belongs to one of four types, and that these types repeat sequentially in a fixed pattern. The vision of Generations allows us to plot a recurring cycle in American history—a cycle of spiritual awakenings and secular crises—from the founding colonists through the present day and well into this millennium.

Generations is at once a refreshing historical narrative and a thrilling intuitive leap that reorders not only our history books but also our expectations for the twenty-first century.

Reviews, Summaries

The Fourth Turning | Summary, Quotes, FAQ, Audio @sobrief

The Fourth Turning Is Here | Summary, Quotes, FAQ, Audio @sobrief