However, theories of history are now back on the menu of serious scholarship. One important name in the field of macrohistory, and the most aligned to the interests of this community in my opinion, is Peter Turchin.
He writes books carefully describing large historical cycles, reviewed by Robin Hanson here.
So. Many. Skulls.
However, theories of history are now back on the menu of serious scholarship. One important name in the field of macrohistory, and the most aligned to the interests of this community in my opinion, is Peter Turchin.
He writes books carefully describing large historical cycles, reviewed by Robin Hanson here.
He is the driving force behind a new interdisciplinary journal, Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution.
He is also one of the driving forces behind Seshat: Global History Databank.
If anyone wants to explore any or all of these resources as part of an informal study group or similar, I would be interested in hearing from them.
Great example! Talking to him made it clear he was one of the clearer social thinkers around. His project certainly deserves more attention.