The Decline of the West: Perspectives of World-History
| The Decline of the West: Perspectives of World-History (volume 2) | |
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| Author(s) | Oswald Spengler |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Politics, History |
| Publisher | Arktos |
| Publication year | 2021 |
| Pages | 680 |
| ISBN | 1914208358 |
The Decline of the West: Perspectives of World-History (volume 2) is a book by German philosopher and historian Oswald Spengler, published by Arktos in 2021. Volume 1 of this work, The Decline of the West: Form and Actuality, was also published by Arktos in 2021. These volumes are new editions of the authorized English translation of Charles Francis Atkinson (1926). Spengler's original German work was entitled Der Untergang des Abendlandes, published in 1918 and 1922.
Contents
Publisher Description
"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 civilization. Previously, the people of culture used money for buying and selling while their main thoughts and occupations lay elsewhere. The people of civilization, however, exclusively think in terms of money and nothing else. That is why our period is also marked by rapacious oligarchs, cunning stock market manipulation, a flourishing art trade and boundless corruption. Only the return of the eternal values of blood and race, through the coming of the Caesars, can destroy the tyranny of the financial mind. Thus Caesarism will bring the victory of strength politics over capital, breaking the pecuniary power and promoting national welfare.
The scene is set for the final battle between the forces of plutocracy and chaos and the political will and order of the Caesars."[1]
Contents
Translator’s Note
I. Origin and Landscape: A. The Cosmic and the Microcosm
II. Origin and Landscape: B. The Group of the Higher Cultures
III. Origin and Landscape: C. The Relations between the Cultures
IV. Cities and Peoples: A. The Soul of the City
V. Cities and Peoples: B. Peoples, Races, Tongues
VI. Cities and Peoples: C. Primitives, Culture-Peoples, Fellaheen
VII. Problems of the Arabian Culture: A. Historic Pseudomorphoses
VIII. Problems of the Arabian Culture: B. The Magian Soul
IX. Problems of the Arabian Culture: C. Pythagoras, Mohammed, Cromwell
X. The State: A. The Problem of the Estates — Nobility and Priesthood
XI. The State: B. State And History
XII. The State: C. Philosophy Of Politics
XIII. The Form-World of Economic Life: A. Money
XIV. The Form-World Of Economic Life: B. The Machine
Index
Books by the same author
- The Decline of the West: Form and Actuality, vol.1 (2021)
- Man and Technics (2015)
Publication data
- The Decline of the West: Perspectives of World-History volume 2, Oswald Spengler, 2021, Arktos, ISBN-10: 1914208358 ISBN-13: 978-1-914208-35-5
