Changes

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'''Change''' denotes the [[transition]] that occurs between one state to another.

'''Change''' denotes the [[transition]] that occurs between one state to another.

==Physical==

==Physical==

With the rise of [[Industrial revolution|industrialisation]] and [[capitalism]], the importance attached to [[innovation]] grew, and social and political upheavals and pressures often forced change by violent [[revolution]] (as in [[North America]] in the late 18th century and in later imitators). By the late 20th century much [[business]] and [[New Age]] thought focused enthusiastically on [[Personal development|transformation]] in [[management]], in function and in mental attitudes, while ignoring or deploring changes in [[society]] or in [[geopolitics]].

With the rise of [[Industrial revolution|industrialisation]] and [[capitalism]], the importance attached to [[innovation]] grew, and social and political upheavals and pressures often forced change by violent [[revolution]] (as in [[North America]] in the late 18th century and in later imitators). By the late 20th century much [[business]] and [[New Age]] thought focused enthusiastically on [[Personal development|transformation]] in [[management]], in function and in mental attitudes, while ignoring or deploring changes in [[society]] or in [[geopolitics]].

   

   

Cultural attitudes towards change:

Cultural attitudes towards change:

*Change is random, lacking [[determinism]] or [[teleology]].

*Change is random, lacking [[determinism]] or [[teleology]].

Changes in society have been observed through slow, gradual modifications in mindsets and beliefs as well as through dramatic action (see [[revolutions]]).  [[History]] is one of the tools used to document change.

Changes in society have been observed through slow, gradual modifications in mindsets and beliefs as well as through dramatic action (see [[revolutions]]).  [[History]] is one of the tools used to document change.

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]