Millenarianisms
I was a Millennial in the 1980s.
When you're in your 20s and 30s, the world is your oyster and you don't always realize that many other generations feasted on the same oysters. The 80s and early 90s were a fertile time for the spiritual seeker, as the heady 60s were still somewhat alive, and the New Age movement was in bloom.
Most young people discover their inner lives while in university, and that world of knowledge and curiosity remains intact for the most part. Where it goes off on a tangent is with a political shift, which was 1980 for Boomers, and perhaps 2016 for Millennials.
While watching Ken Burns' documentary on the Vietnam War I realized that the 60s still overlay the 20-teens in many ways. All people now alive identify with film footage from the 60s as something that still seems contemporary.
The G.I. Generation (born 1910-1929) came of age around 1935, in the dead of the Depression. In the 1960s, when they were in their 50s, their "Millennial" moment was something to forget and the Now (1960s) something to cherish.
Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose (as the 1960s).
When you're in your 20s and 30s, the world is your oyster and you don't always realize that many other generations feasted on the same oysters. The 80s and early 90s were a fertile time for the spiritual seeker, as the heady 60s were still somewhat alive, and the New Age movement was in bloom.
Most young people discover their inner lives while in university, and that world of knowledge and curiosity remains intact for the most part. Where it goes off on a tangent is with a political shift, which was 1980 for Boomers, and perhaps 2016 for Millennials.
While watching Ken Burns' documentary on the Vietnam War I realized that the 60s still overlay the 20-teens in many ways. All people now alive identify with film footage from the 60s as something that still seems contemporary.
The G.I. Generation (born 1910-1929) came of age around 1935, in the dead of the Depression. In the 1960s, when they were in their 50s, their "Millennial" moment was something to forget and the Now (1960s) something to cherish.
Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose (as the 1960s).
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