The Decline of the Western World. In 2 volumes.
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The figure of Oswald Spengler (1880–1936) stands out in the history of German and world thought. Spengler attempted to rethink the commonly accepted views on the evolutionary development of humanity on his own: he opposed the linear description of history as an endless and unstoppable progress. Instead, he proposed the concept of cyclical development, according to which new cultures emerge, experience a period of flourishing, and then go through stages of decline and demise. Each such cycle lasts about a thousand years, each culture has distinctive features that determine the thinking and actions of people. The very title of the work contains the thesis that was substantiated in the book - at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, according to Spengler, the culture of the Western world entered a period of decline. The first volume of the book was published in 1918, bringing the author great fame and sparking heated discussions. This work had a significant influence on sociologists Arnold Joseph Toynbee, Pitirim Sorokin, and José Ortega y Gasset.
Author:
Author:Oswald Spengler
Cover:
Cover:softcover
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Historical Literature
Dimensions:
Dimensions:18x11.5x6.4 cm
Series:
Series:Azbuka-Classic. Non-Fiction
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-23272-3
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