Summary of Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy-What the cycles of History Tell us about America's Rendezvous with Destiny by William Strauss and Neil Howe

by Gold Christopher

This is a summary and not the main book. A provocative theory of American history serves as the foundation for Strauss and Howe's vision. A distinct pattern is discovered when the authors look back five hundred Modern history occurs in cycles, each of which consists of four eras, or "turnings," each of which lasts approximately twenty years and always arrives in the same order. Each cycle is approximately the length of a long human life. The authors use a brilliant analysis of the years after World War II to show these cycles in The Fourth Turning.After the old order has been swept away, there is a high, a time of confident expansion. An era of spiritual exploration and rebellion against the established order is followed by the Awakening. After that, there is an Unraveling, a troubled period in which individualism triumphs over shattered institutions. Last comes an Emergency the Fourth Turning when society goes through an extraordinary and risky entryway ever. History's seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth is made up of the four turning points. The Fourth Turning makes bold predictions about how each of us can prepare for America's next encounter with destiny, both individually and collectively.

16 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 25, 2022