Chronocentrism
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Chronocentrism is the assumption that certain
History
Chronocentrism (from the Greek chrono- meaning "time") was coined by sociologist Jib Fowles in an article in the journal Futures in February, 1974. Fowles described chronocentrism as "the belief that one's own times are paramount, that other periods pale in comparison".[2] A critical view described it as the belief that only the present counts and that the past is irrelevant except to serve as a reference to a few basic assumptions about what went before.[3] More recently, it has been defined as "the egotism that one's own generation is poised on the very cusp of history".[4] The term had been used earlier in a study about attitudes to ageing in the workplace. Chronocentricity: "...only seeing the value of one's own age cohort...described the tendency for younger managers to hold negative perceptions of the abilities or other work-related competencies of older employees."[5] This type of discrimination is a form of ageism.
Ethnocentrism
Chronocentrism as ethnocentrism is the perceiving and judging of a culture's historical values in terms of the standards of one's own time period.
Antichronocentrism
The Long Now Foundation is an organization that encourages the use of 5-digit years, e.g. "02016" instead of "2016," to help emphasize how early the present time is in their vision of the timeline of humanity. The use of two-digit years before Y2K was an example of chronocentrism (in the early years of computing, the years 2000 and 1899 were believed to be too far in the future or the past, and thus of less importance than being able to save two digits in computerizing and typing out years).
Applications
The "Copernican time principle" is a temporal analog of the
Chronocentrism is also considered a norm in music until the twentieth century when musicians believe their music preserved a style of interpretation that formed an unbroken chain of authority and orthodoxy.[7] For instance, Romantic musicians deliberately changed the style when performing earlier repertoire.[7]
See also
- Ageism
- Anthropocentrism
- Chronological snobbery
- Copernicanism
- End of history
- Geocentrism
- Philosophy of history
- Presentism (historical analysis)
- Rosy retrospection
References
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