# The End of Modernity? Or the 'Back Loop' of Civilisation

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The world is convulsing — wars, climate shocks, collapsing trust in politics and media. For Cambridge historian Christopher Clark, writing in _Foreign Policy_, [this is the “end of modernity.”](https://archive.ph/RV3Ug?ref=ageoftransformation.org) Multipolar geopolitics, disinformation, climate disruption: the grand narrative of progress dissolving.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://ageoftransformation.org/the-end-of-modernity-or-the-back-loop-of-civilisation](https://ageoftransformation.org/the-end-of-modernity-or-the-back-loop-of-civilisation)