On Wed, 21 Dec 1994 21:49:30 -0500, Joshua Heuman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I think the reason why many people study history is to reaffirm that history >is cyclical. If you look at economics, politics, art and culture things >change, but do they really? In the visual arts, there is the ongoing shift >back and forth from "Classical" to "Romantic.". . . Just like all other natural events, human >civilization (one the the animals in nature) cannot escape the patterns. For an alternate view--particularly in the visual arts--see Suzi Gablik's _Progress in Art_. Also, in econ there is the work of Amory Lovins, David Morris, and Jeremy Rifkin--their thinking appears to be "acyclical." Jim