1b 00The term is often applied generally (and pejoratively) to histories that present the past as the inexorable march of progress. 02br 02br 01b 00Its antithesis can be seen in certain kinds of cultural pessimism02b 02br 00(Its) The direct opposite can be seen in certain kinds of cultural pessimism (opposite of optimism)02br 00Hope that helps some 0-
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