Synopsis

This essay examines the question of long-term cycles in civilizations and secular patterns. In it, the reader finds the provisional foundations for a program of hermeneutical research grounded in these cycles. This fundamental question, in its evolutionary and anthropological sense, offers essential keys for studying contemporary phenomena such as the resurgence of autocratic tendencies. The book takes the reader on a journey through the history of civilization, in which philosophy, economics, and religion intertwine in sometimes unexpected ways. It addresses questions in intellectual history in connection with an anthropological and evolutionary approach. The analysis has macroeconomic foundations and offers a study of the history of economics that sheds light on the present. In a Blumenbergian style, the essay presents a perspective on the relationship between myth, religion, and the history of economics, allowing for an exploration of its current relevance..

Key themes: philosophy and economics, history of economic thought, development and civilization, technology, modern growth, civilizational cycles