The Decline of Europe: False Alarm or Prophecy?

"The Decline of the West" is the literal translation of the title of O. Spengler's book on the periodicity of history, which is now over 100 years old. In the Russian tradition, it is customary to translate this title as "The Decline of Europe". Why did the German philosopher believe that the days of Europe (and even the entire West) were numbered? What phases did he identify in the life cycle of any culture? What place does Russian civilization occupy among world civilizations? What is the fundamental difference between culture and civilization? When will the flowering of a new great culture - the Russian-Siberian - come? How are the ethical views of O. Spengler and Russian philosophers K. Leontiev, N. Berdyaev connected? Have the predictions of the German philosopher come true? These and many other relevant questions for our time are answered in the book by V. Yu. Katasonov. It is a collection of analytical articles about the work of the German philosopher O. Spengler, his influence on world and Russian philosophical thought. A century since the publication of "The Decline of Europe" allows us to assess the author's views and ideas, innovative for their time, from a historical perspective.