Another cyclical and very dubious theory is Strauss Howe generational theory which sees history as a pendulum swinging between on one pole collective vision, constructivism, institutional formalisation, and cultural conformism with another pole of individualism, institutional decline and renewal and crisis.
I don't love this theory at all, but i do like how there is an intergenerational dynamics to history introduced. I think if I ever take that much justified swipe at baby boomers, this at least suggests some aspects of analysis.
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