American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms. In America, possibly because of whatever the American dream is, this happens over and over again. These eras repeat.
Since the middle of the twentieth century, our understanding of the American past has been revolutionized, in no small part because of our altered conceptions of the place of race in the nation's history.
The way we experience history and time in all its forms shifted quite massively between 1989 and 2001 - to the point where contrivances like decades are now kind of silly.
I think that America has an obsession with history, really.
American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.
My hunch is that pop culture began to stagnate the moment Americans started to love the past more than they did the future.
American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.
Americans often have trouble enjoying the present moment.
Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
Americans think that they have a history, but it's nothing compared to Europe.