What we reject in the present, we sometimes evaluate much more positively in the past. In a recently published article @archaeohlrau and Vesa Arponen of the ROOTS #ReflectiveTurnForum question archaeological narratives against the backdrop of Russia's war in Ukraine: https://www.cluster-roots.uni-kiel.de/en/publications/publications-by-roots-member/did-authoritarian-bronze-age-rulers-advance-civilisation
#PastPresent #authoritarianism #BronzeAge #Archaeology #spheresofinfluence
Did authoritarian Bronze Age rulers advance civilisation?

Did authoritarian Bronze Age rulers advance civilisation?

Exzellenzcluster Roots

Standing present
Looking into past
Mostly irrelevant
Helping me last
Where’s my irreverence
In my worldly morass?

#PastPresent #poem #poetry