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Nah, I agree with Hobsbawm in "The Short Twentieth Century" that the previous century ended in 1989, with the fall of the Berlin wall. Since then we've been obs
by perthmad 6y ago
Nah, I agree with Hobsbawm in "The Short Twentieth Century" that the previous century ended in 1989, with the fall of the Berlin wall. Since then we've been observing the heyday of neoliberalism, fueled by a lack of a serious contender.
- brakmic 6y agoNeoliberalism effectively stopped any history. We are living in a Neoliberal Atemporality. Or more precisely: we have lived through it and are now about to leave it. Not sure what will follow next, but one thing is certain: the history is about to reboot itself.