{"id":4060,"date":"2025-07-23T11:04:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/?p=4060"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:47:09","slug":"the-entitlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/?p=4060","title":{"rendered":"The Entitlement era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Classical Antiquity (Greco-Roman)<\/strong> <em>c. 800 BCE\u00e2\u20ac\u201c476 CE<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d City-states, Roman Republic\/Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Late Antiquity<\/strong> <em>c. 250\u00e2\u20ac\u201c750<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Transition from Rome to post-Roman kingdoms; Christianization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>High Middle Ages<\/strong> <em>c. 1000\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1250<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Feudal orders, growth of towns\/universities, Romanesque \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Gothic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Renaissance<\/strong> <em>c. 1350\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1600<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Humanism, classical revival in arts, letters, and science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age of Discovery<\/strong> <em>c. 1400\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1700<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Atlantic exploration, colonial expansion, global trade links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scientific Revolution<\/strong> <em>c. 1543\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1700<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Copernican astronomy, new methods, early modern science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Baroque Era<\/strong> <em>c. 1600\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1750<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Court culture, exuberant art\/architecture, absolutist states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Enlightenment (Age of Reason)<\/strong> <em>c. 1685\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1815<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Reason, rights, encyclopedism; salons and republics of letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Romantic Era<\/strong> <em>c. 1780\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1850<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Emotion, nation, nature in arts and politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Modernism<\/strong> <em>c. 1890\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1945<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Artistic\/ideological breaks with tradition; mass culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Information \/ Globalization Age<\/strong> <em>c. 1990\u00e2\u20ac\u201cpresent<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Internet, financial and cultural interconnection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Entitlement (Age of Myopia) <\/strong><em>c. 2020\u00e2\u20ac\u201cpresent<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Mobile, social platforms, AI, datafication, home delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fc31a6b4dfe&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fc31a6b4dfe\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/entitlement.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Entitlement - a view of people reclining in an enlightenment style painting - using their mobile phones and there is a Deliveroo bag in the foreground\" class=\"wp-image-4059\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/entitlement.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/entitlement.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/entitlement.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/entitlement.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Entitlement era<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classical Antiquity (Greco-Roman) c. 800 BCE\u00e2\u20ac\u201c476 CE \u00e2\u20ac\u201d City-states, Roman Republic\/Empire. Late Antiquity c. 250\u00e2\u20ac\u201c750 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Transition from Rome to post-Roman kingdoms; Christianization. High Middle Ages c. 1000\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1250 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Feudal orders, growth of towns\/universities, Romanesque \u00e2\u2020\u2019 Gothic. Renaissance c. 1350\u00e2\u20ac\u201c1600 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Humanism, classical revival in arts, letters, and science. 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