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TOWARDS A VIEW OF HISTORY FOR OUR OWN TIMES

INTRODUCTION: THINGS BAD BEGUN?
Yet to be written. It will explain the structure of "The Towards Project".

The First Section looks at the way that historians in a great age of historiography believed that their subject made a crucial contribution to current affairs and future planning.

The Second Section considers to what extent history did help to shape "future history".

The Third Section sets out to make a contribution towards a new analysis of the sweep of our own history, the historical dynamics that have forged Our Own Times and our attitudes to the future.

The Fourth Section goes back to the initial essay that started this project. Like any good introduction it can be used as a basis for a summing up and a conclusion


SECTION ONE: THOUGHTS ON HISTORY IN HISTORY

Introduction :
THE VALUE OF A VIEW OF HISTORY

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A57741357

Part One:
DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES IN A GREAT AGE OF HISTORY

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A57742626

Part Two:
THE MAKING OF A LOST GENERATION

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A57745317

Part Three
THE AGE OF CATASTROPHE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A57752689


Part Four
THE GOLDEN AGE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A57766873

Part Five
THE NEED TO FIND A NEW CIVILIZATION

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A57771651


Part Six
POST-WAR ASPIRATIONS AND REALITY

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A57784594







SECTION TWO: LIVING WITH A SENSE OF HISTORY

Introduction :
THE WAY AHEAD

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A64367409


Part One:
CARRYING THE TORCH OF CIVILIZATION

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A64367823

Part Two:
THE PATH TO DECLINE AND FALL

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A64368020

Part Three:
AN AGE OF MONSTROSITY, SCIENCE FACT AND SCIENCE FICTION

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A64368318

Part Four: FROM A BIG BANG TOWARDS A BLACK HOLE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A64368570


Part Five:
TIMES OF DREAD, DREAMS AND DISILLUSIONMENT

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A64368723




SECTION THREE: WORK IN PROGRESS

WORK IN PROGRESS.. Part One
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A75439704

WORK IN PROGRESS.. Part Two
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A75439759

WORK IN PROGRESS ..Part Three
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A75439849

WORK IN PROGRESS.. Part Four
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A75439957

WORK IN PROGRESS.. Part Five
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A75440243







SECTION FOUR:
THE INITIAL ESSAY-BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS

Being re-written: but for the moment here is the old draft


http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A54973678


















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