The Decline of the West
Perspectives of World-History
$101.21
- Paperback
678 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2024
Summary
In the second and more controversial, albeit optimistic, volume of The Decline of the West, Oswald Spengler deals with the world-historical perspectives of his comparative cultural morphology. The periodical calm surrounding the constant and eternally recurring movements, described in the first volume, is over. Spengler develops his theory of “Caesarism” - a tendency towards dictatorship peculiar to mass democracy.
According to Spengler, today we live in the decadent stage of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9788367583756 |
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| ISBN-10: | 8367583752 |
| Author: | Oswald Spengler |
| Publisher: | Legend Books Sp. Z O.O. |
| Imprint: | Legend Books Sp. Z O.O. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 678 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 848g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 38mm |
| Series: | The Decline of the West |
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Oswald Spengler
Oswald Spengler (1880-1936) was a controversial German philosopher and historian. With his unique insights, he influenced the modern fields of sociobiology and evolutionary anthropology. Legend Books has previously published the first English translation of Spengler’s Early Days of World History, a new translation of Prussianism and Socialism, as well as a new edition of The Hour of Decision.
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