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- Despite Spengler's reputation today as an extreme pessimist, The Decline of the West remains essential reading for anyone interested in the history of civilization.
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The title of the book, THE DECLINE OF THE WEST, suggests its central thesis – that Spengler wants to show that his Culture, Western Culture, has passed its Cultural stage, has entered upon its stage of Civilization and is living out its ending.
His challenging views have led to harsh criticism over the years, but the knowledge and eloquence that went into his sweeping study of Western culture have kept The Decline of the West alive. As the face of Germany and Europe as a whole continues to change each day, The Decline of the West cannot be ignored.
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Apr 11, 2006 · His most important work was his two-volume 1918/23 book The Decline of the West, in which he theorised that all civilisations go through an inevitable cycle of rise and fall, with the West currently entering its declining period. The book went on to be immensely influential throughout the world.
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- Oswald Spengler
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- Vintage
Apr 11, 2006 · Since its first publication more than eighty years ago, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and talked about books of our time. A sweeping account of Western...
- Oswald Spengler
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2006
- abridged, reprint
- The Decline of the West
In 1918, Spengler published the first volume of his two-volume master work, The Decline of the West (1918--1922). Written during World War I, when Spengler was living in extreme poverty in...
- Oswald Spengler
- Pennsylvania State University
- abridged
- Modern Library, 1965
The best books on The Decline of the West. recommended by Dambisa Moyo. The author and economist argues that the West is in decline, the U.S. faces structural unemployment, and authoritarian states like China are in many ways better positioned to deal with financial busts. 1 Civilization by Niall Ferguson.
He argues that a culture blossoms from the soil of a definable landscape and dies when it has exhausted all of its possibilities. Despite Spengler's reputation today as an extreme pessimist, The...
