His studies covered many fields, among them mathematics, science, philosophy, history, and art. Publication date 1920 topics civilization publisher munchen. Oswald spengler spengler, oswald, 18801936 an online book about this author is available, as is a wikipedia article spengler, oswald, 18801936. Read in this country chiefly in the brilliantly faithful translation by charles francis atkinson, the decline of the west new york, two volumes, 192628, spenglers morphology of history was the great intellectual achievement of our century. Germany and worldhistorical evolution, university press of the pacific. Oswald spengler was born in 1880 in blankenburg then in the duchy of brunswick, german empire at the foot of the harz mountains, the eldest of four children, and the only boy. The reader neither knows nor is supposed to know the purposes for which he is used and the role he is to play.
The press today is an army with carefully organized weapons, the journalists its officers, the readers its soldiers. The initial printing was completely sold out in a period of six months, and a second and third printing followed. Oswald spengler quotes author of the decline of the west. If the decline of the west is one of those great books everyone knows about but few have read, the hour of decision is a great book that few even know about. Its times like these i think there really is something to this old oswald spengler stuff. Read in this country chiefly in the brilliantly faithful translation by charles francis atkinson, the decline of the west new york, two volumes, 192628, spengler s morphology of history was the great intellectual achievement of our century. Oswald spengler a wellformatted version based on the alfred a. A german court wants him to return from tunisia after ruling his deportation was illegal. Since its publication in 1918, oswald spengler s the decline of the west has been the object of academic controversy and opprobrium. The abridgment, prepared by the german scholar helmut werner, with the blessing of the spengler estate, consists of selections from the original translated into english by charles francis atkinson linked by explanatory. The german federal archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals negative andor positive, resp. Untergang des abendlandes the decline of the west, and written by an unknown former schoolmaster, the work in a short period of time found a wide audience. Reports from a number of colleges and universities confirm the belief that this is a general trend.
During the 1920s he was a publicist of conservativenationalist views and was close to fascism. Gespenster spielen komodie, wir amusieren uns zu tode im westen gibt es neues. Oswald spengler spengler, oswald, 18801936 the online. His family was conservative german of the petite bourgeoisie. Students buy and read the decline of the west without being instructed to do so. It must be left to critics to say whether it was destiny or incident using these words in the authors sense that spengler s untergang des abendlandes appeared in july, 1918, that is, at the very turning point of the four years world war. He was the son of a postal official and attended munich, berlin and halle universities. I surfed it a bit, considered it pretty heavy and indigestible cake, but made a mental note to look at it more carefully when i had the leisure. The decline of the west mid1920s translation, but only pre1923 notices, ed. Voorlopige conclusie is spengler via deze drie stellingen een burkiaanse denker. Accessible book, civilization, history, philosophy. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. But i did notice at the time that spengler had a chapter on mathematics quite at the beginning of vol. Lineariteit en objectief collectieve agens andere stellingen stelling 1.
Oswald spengler ender untergang des abendlandes download oswald spengler ender untergang des abendlandes ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. Spengler twentyfive years after 121 now once again academic youth, this time in america, is drawn to the flame. Translated into english as the decline of the west. Click download or read online button to oswald spengler ender untergang des abendlandes book pdf for free now. This image was provided to wikimedia commons by the german federal archive deutsches bundesarchiv as part of a cooperation project.
Oswald spengler on time, historicity and modernity does history make sense. The decline of the west, 1922 the future of the west is not a limitless tending upwards and onwards for all time towards our presents ideals, but a single phenomenon of history, strictly limited and defined as to form and duration, which covers a few centuries nd can be viewed and, in essentials, calculated from available. As the face of germany and europe as a whole continues to change each day, the decline of the west cannot be ignored. His primary training was in mathematics but he also had a vast understanding in the natural sciences as well. Spenglers decline of the west part 2 by john david ebert 12. In their efforts to dispose of it, scholars have resorted to a variety of tactics. Spengler revised this volume in 1922 and published the second volume, subtitled perspectives of world history, in 1923.
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