1 Tim Ferguson, Author at Anacyclosis Institute

Tim Ferguson

What does Kurt Vonnegut’s master’s thesis and Anacyclosis have in common?

What does Kurt Vonnegut’s master’s thesis and Anacyclosis have in common? They both represent the effort to abstract…

An Allusion to Anacyclosis in The Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers is a series of essays appearing in New York newspapers during 1787-1788 arguing for ratification…

Democracy Wars

Democracy’s “Anacyclosis” blind spot, first appearing in The Blind Spot, Izabella Kaminska, Editor-in-Chief, is reproduced verbatim below (in the…

Democracy’s Anacyclosis Blind Spot

Democracy’s “Anacyclosis” blind spot, first appearing in The Blind Spot, Izabella Kaminska, Editor-in-Chief, is reproduced verbatim below (in the…

Rationist No. 3: The cycle of political revolution of Anacyclosis

Key Takeaways: 1. First, Anacyclosis came for Greece. 2. Then, it came for Rome.  3. Now, it’s coming…

Anacyclosis: The Slide Deck

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It’s Not World War III. It’s World War V.

Image: Table 1 from The Long Cycle of Global Politics and the Nation-state in the journal Comparative Studies…

The Greatest Story Never Told By Hollywood: Episode III: The Plutocracy Strikes Back

Image: Mammon, a/k/a America without its makeup.  Key Takeaways: 1. Extreme wealth concentration is destroying the conditions under…

The Greatest Story Never Told By Hollywood: Episode II: Return of the Gracchi

Key Takeaways: 1. No independent middle class, no democratic republic.  2. The Gracchi were the greatest reformers, indeed…

The Greatest Story Never Told By Hollywood: Episode I: A New Fear

Key Takeaways: 1. In word and thought, the Greek historian Polybius is the individual most closely connected with…