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Oswald Spengler

Oswald Spengler (1880–1936) was a German historian and philosopher of history, best known for his magnum opus The Decline of the West (1918–1922). In this influential work, he argued that civilizations are organic entities with predictable life cycles of birth, growth, and decay, rejecting the linear, progressive view of history. His cyclical model and pessimistic prognosis for Western culture profoundly impacted 20th-century historiography and political thought.

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History I Am No Prophet (Ich bin kein Prophet) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

A detailed overview of I Am No Prophet (Ich bin kein Prophet) by Oswald Spengler is being prepared…

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German Literature The Correspondence between Oswald Spengler and Wolfgang E. Groeger (Der Briefwechsel zwischen Oswald Spengler und Wolfgang E. Groeger) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

The volume collects the philosophical dialogue between Oswald Spengler and Wolfgang E.

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Anthropology Ur-Questions (Urfragen) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

Spengler argues that Ur-questions are not invented by philosophers but discovered by them, arising from human consciousness becoming…

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Cultural Studies Today and Destiny – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

Today and Destiny is a posthumously published collection of aphorisms and brief reflections by the German historian and…

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19th Century Thoughts (Gedanken) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

Spengler's pre-war philosophical journal captures aphoristic fragments on life, death, and existence, asserting that all great thinking is…

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Cultural Studies The Economy (Die Wirtschaft) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

The book presents a propaganda model explaining media performance through institutional relationships and economic constraints.

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German Literature The Revolution Is Not Over (Die Revolution ist nicht zu Ende) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

The Revolution Is Not Over is a political essay published by Oswald Spengler in 1924, written in German…

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German Literature Rebuilding of the German Reich (Neubau des deutschen Reiches) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

Spengler argues that the Weimar Constitution failed because it was imposed on Germany from outside, and that a…

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History Moctezuma – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

Spengler argues that Moctezuma II has been misunderstood as weak, when in fact his tragedy was that he…

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19th Century I Envy Everyone Who Lives (Ich beneide jeden, der lebt) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

Spengler describes these writings as aphorisms representing his inner confrontation with the collapse of the world he knew…

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German Literature Political Duties of German Youth (Politische Pflichten der deutschen Jugend) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

A 1924 address calling on German students to embrace national renewal through political engagement.

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Cultural Studies Pessimism? (Pessimismus?) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

Spengler's work questions whether his analysis of Western civilization's trajectory should be labeled pessimistic.

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Cultural History Early Period of World History (Frühzeit der Weltgeschichte) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

Early Period of World History is a collection of fragments from Oswald Spengler's unpublished papers, edited by Anton…

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Ancient History The Metaphysical Fundamental Thought of Heraclitean Philosophy (Der metaphysische Grundgedanke der heraklitischen Philosophie) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

Spengler's dissertation examines the philosophy of Heraclitus of Ephesus, the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher known for his doctrine of…

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Ancient History Heraclitus (Heraklit) – Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler

The volume presents Oswald Spengler's 1904 doctoral dissertation on Heraclitus, framed by an extensive introductory survey from Rodolfo…

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