Seldon Crisis

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fictional event fictional historical crisis narrative concept plot device

Seldon Crisis is a pivotal, mathematically predicted period of social and political upheaval in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, during which the course of galactic history can be decisively altered.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Seldon Crises	4
Seldon Crisis canonical	3
Seldon Crisis involving the Mule	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional event ⓘ fictional historical crisis ⓘ narrative concept ⓘ plot device ⓘ
analyzedBy	Hari Seldon ⓘ
appearsIn	Foundation ⓘ Foundation and Empire ⓘ Foundation series (early stories) ⓘ surface form: Foundation series Second Foundation ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter	Hari Seldon ⓘ
basedOnConcept	psychohistory ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Isaac Asimov ⓘ
definedAs	moment when the Seldon Plan can be significantly diverted ⓘ
describedAs	mathematically predicted period of crisis ⓘ pivotal period of political upheaval ⓘ pivotal period of social upheaval ⓘ
foreseenUsing	psychohistory ⓘ
frequency	occurs at long but predictable intervals ⓘ
genre	science fiction concept ⓘ
hasCause	long-term sociopolitical trends in the Galactic Empire ⓘ
hasEffect	decisive alteration of galactic history ⓘ major political realignments ⓘ social instability ⓘ technological and cultural regression or redirection ⓘ
hasMedium	novels ⓘ
hasNotableExample	Seldon Crisis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seldon Crisis involving the Mule Seldon Crisis involving the search for the Second Foundation ⓘ first Seldon Crisis involving Anacreon and the Four Kingdoms ⓘ
inUniversePurpose	guide the transition from Galactic Empire to Second Empire ⓘ shorten the period of galactic barbarism ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
narrativeRole	mechanism to advance the plot ⓘ test of the Seldon Plan ⓘ turning point in the Foundation series ⓘ
occursInFictionalSetting	Galactic Empire ⓘ
occursInFictionalUniverse	Foundation universe ⓘ
partOf	Foundation era ⓘ surface form: Foundation chronology
predictability	statistically predictable but not individually deterministic ⓘ
predictedBy	Hari Seldon ⓘ
relatedTo	Seldon Plan ⓘ
resolutionRequires	political decisions ⓘ specific actions by the Foundation ⓘ strategic choices by key leaders ⓘ
timeScale	galactic historical timescale ⓘ
usedAsMetaphorFor	historical inflection points ⓘ systemic crises in complex societies ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

psychohistory → hasConcept → Seldon Crisis ⓘ

Hari Seldon → hasConcept → Seldon Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seldon Crises

Seldon Plan → hasComponent → Seldon Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seldon Crises

The Mayors → narrativeDevice → Seldon Crisis ⓘ

The Mayors → usesConcept → Seldon Crisis ⓘ

Foundation universe → hasEvent → Seldon Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seldon Crises

Seldon Crisis → hasNotableExample → Seldon Crisis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seldon Crisis involving the Mule

Foundation series (early stories) → hasNarrativeDevice → Seldon Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seldon Crises