There are various analyses of the rise and fall of empires, but here I will focus on the 1976 essay, The Fate of Empires, by General Sir John Glubb.
Liminal spaces are never comfortable, but sometimes they are necessary. Having pondered liminality from the perspective of the individual, I’m moving on to think about entire societies entering a liminal, or transformational, phase – sort of in the hope that the world is entering one right now. Continuing my sharing of musings on liminality (aka the “threshold” places and times) from my doctorate.
