Lage Prijs Anticipating the future. Twenty millennia of human progress – Buzan, Barry & Segal, Gerald

Where are we at the turn of the millennium? In contrast to the current mood of millennial pessimism, the authors take an optimistic view of human history. Surveying the 20,000 years from the end of the last ice age to 7,000 AD, this ambitious book is part history, part current events, and part science fiction. It takes issue with those who say we are seeing the ‘decline of the West’ or a looming ‘clash of civilisations’. What is truly important about our age only becomes apparent when we see the present bot…