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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Historically determined concerns

Historically determined concerns

  • Past-oriented concerns

Broader

Presentism
Presentable

Narrower

Silence about historical situations
Presentable
Nostalgia
Presentable
Glorification of the past
Unpresentable
Preoccupation with historical symbolism
Yet to rate
Over-reaction to past sexual ethics
Yet to rate
Dominating outmoded images
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Paralysis of elders faced with the future
Presentable
Inhibited capacity to visualize a creative future
Presentable
Sacrifice of present generations for the future
Yet to rate
Indecisive community programmes
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Biased recall
Presentable
Unpardonable historical events
Yet to rate
Inappropriate application of traditional values
Yet to rate
Historical humiliation
Yet to rate
Frustrated past goals
Yet to rate

Reduced by

Denial by old people of the significance of the past
Unpresentable
Historical naivety
Yet to rate

Related

Politically provocative geographical names
Yet to rate

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
G8739
DOCID
11787390
D7NID
136343
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/historically-determined-concerns
Last update
Mar 14, 2023