Der Untergang des Abendlandes 1918
By Oswald Spengler, Charles Francis Atkinson, Dr. David G. Payne, Charles F. Atkinson, Manuel García Morente
- Civilization, History, Philosophy, Kulturphilosophie
Spengler's work describes how we have entered into a centuries-long "world-historical" phase comparable to late antiquity, and his controversial ideas spark debate over the meaning of historiography.
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- Author
- Oswald Spengler, Charles Francis Atkinson, Dr. David G. Payne, Charles F. Atkinson, Manuel García Morente
- First published
- 1920
- Pages
- 488
- Publisher
- Franklin Classics, Lulu Press, Inc., Modern Library
- Editions
- 139
- Language
- French, English, und, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780394421766
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“IN this book is attempted for the first time the venture of predetermining history, of following the still untravelled stages in the destiny of a Culture, and specifically of the only Culture of our time and on our planet which is actually in the phase of fulfilment - the West-European-American.”
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