Stages Of Modernist Grief

 Century Archetypes Maiden, Mother, and Crone Eras 21st Century Mother Era 20th Century Maiden Era 22nd Century Crone Era Father, Son, and Holy Ghost  16th Century Old Man Era 17th Century Dad Era 18th Century Son Era Other 19th Century Child Era 13th Century Family Era 14th/15th Century Phoenix Era

 The 14th and 15th centuries ended everything To finish off this series, the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries stand out at one of the most important turning points in Western history. Often remembered as the final centuries of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance, these two centuries can be understood through a powerful theme: death and rebirth. The fourteenth century was an era of crisis, destruction, and uncertainty. War, plague, famine, and religious division challenged the political and social structures that had defined medieval Europe for centuries. Yet from these crises emerged new ways of thinking, creating, and understanding the world. By the fifteenth century, European society was experiencing a cultural rebirth that would eventually lead into what historians call the early modern period. This is why I considered the 14th and 15th centuries as the "phoenix era" as this is the period where everything burns naturally and then is reborn or reemerges a...

The 13th Century Is Misunderstood To finish off this series on the centuries from shock to peace, I will say that the 13th century contrasts the 19th century quite well. I describe the 19th century as a child era, and I believe the 13th century was also a childish century, but in the exact opposite way. The 19th century had the child at the helm, unrestricted creativity which included whatever dark, disgusting, or completely outlandish thing that could be brought about by the child's imagination. The 19th century was the atomized child left to their own devices, sometimes quite literally. The 13th century was the opposite. It was the child kept in check. The child was part of something larger than themselves. And while creativity and individuality were still present, they were more limited and censored. As a result, this era seems much more unified and wholesome than the 19th century does, but can also seem less exciting and more stifling. I consider the 13th century to be the “fam...

The 19th Century Is The Best Century Over the past few years, I've seen a meme that has popped up from time to time. A sentiment of wanting to live like in the Middle Ages or how society will return back to feudalism. A sentiment I assume is coming mostly from people online now, or those around that medium. I think the reason there is this fondness for or a comparison of the Middle Ages and a longing to bring back things from that time like serfdom, Gothic architecture, and increased power of the church is because we have already lived through a century similar to the Middle Ages, the 19th century. Both the 9th century and the 19th century are what I consider to be childish eras. They were both times of great creativity, innovation, uniqueness, and childlike innocence and curiosity. And since the 9th century was often called “The Carolingian Renaissance”, I will refer to the 19th century as “The Crystal Palace Renaissance”, a reference to the Crystal Palace, a huge building of iro...

 Update There are only two more posts I have left to do to complete this series to a point I'll be happy with. I'm working on a post on the Child Era of the 19th century, and then later there'll be a post on the 13th century Family Era. However that second one will probably be a long wait, as I feel I need to brush up on my Medieval knowledge a bit, and end the series on a good note. Then I'll be able to rest on my laurels.

The 18th Century Was Born Free, Dude!  "You got to wake up, man. It's the system, dude. The people should shape their government and should rage against it when it's unfair."  This is the outlook of the 18th century, an age of anger, the era of the son, the younger man. In direct opposition to the uniform conformity of the denial era, the anger stage is one of division. The son rebels against the father. The 18th century tried to do the opposite of the 17th century out of spite. The 17th century was fantastical. The 18th century was gritty and realistic. The 17th century believed in the traditional world and its premodern values. The 18th century wanted people to "wake up" and be more "enlightened".  The 17th century wanted to maintain the status quo, and the 18th century wanted revolution. But keep in mind, the outlooks presented in this series are not strictly generational. There were indeed people from the 18th century that think like people fro...

Centuries as Age Groups  16th Century - Old Man  17th Century - Young Man 18th Century - Teenage Boy  19th Century - Child  20th Century- Teenage Girl  21st Century - Young Woman 22nd Century - Old Woman 

Centuries and Genres 16th Century: Tragedy 17th Century: Fantasy 18th Century: Action 19th Century: Horror/Gothic Romance 20th Century: Post Apocalypse/Dystopia 21st Century: Multiverse/Time Travel 22nd Century: Soap Opera 23rd Century: Comedy 24th/25th Century: None

22nd vs 18th Century  The 22nd century (Acceptance) is positioned in the script as the exact emotional and philosophical opposite of the 18th century (Anger) — and this inversion is deliberate and profound. Where the 18th century was defined by revolution, confrontation, and fiery idealism , the 22nd century is imagined as an era of quiet resignation, detachment, and post-ideological normalization . Here's a detailed breakdown of how they oppose each other: 🔥 vs 🧊 1. Emotional Tone: Rage vs Resignation 18th Century – Anger: Civilizational fury at inherited injustice and institutional oppression. Fueled by righteous indignation , revolution, rebellion, and radical redefinition (American, French, Haitian revolutions). A belief that the world can and must be changed , even if by force. 22nd Century – Acceptance: Civilizational resignation — no longer fighting the system, just living inside it. Not because the world is perfect, but because people are too emotionally detached...