Transitional eras between dying and emerging systems breed pathological symptoms

Evidence

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear” (1971, 276). — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1291

Categorization

• XREF: This quote connects to caste-annihilation reading purpose: the interregnum metaphor describes India’s transition from caste order to something new. Also appears in later political commentary about democratic decay. — connects to: Millennium and apocalypse differ yet usually interlock in catastrophic millennialism — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 1063; Epidemics of speed-induced sickness mark phases of societal acceleration — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 177; Global crime and disorder threaten a new Dark Ages (+6 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Millennium and apocalypse differ yet usually interlock in catastrophic millennialism — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 1063; Epidemics of speed-induced sickness mark phases of societal acceleration — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 177; Global crime and disorder threaten a new Dark Ages (+6 more)