Are ‘Dark Ages’ Inevitable?
We know less about some periods than others, but the meaning of ‘Dark Age’ is multifarious and often loaded.
‘The Bronze Age came to a crashing halt around 1200 BC, thanks to a “systems collapse”’
James I. Porter, Author of Homer: The Very Idea (University of Chicago Press, 2021)
What makes an age ‘dark’? In a polarised world like ours, people are more likely to point to an impending dark age than to say that we are already living through one.
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