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Since its first publication more than eighty years ago, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and talked about books of our time. A sweeping account of Western culture by a historian of legendary intellect, it is an astonishingly informed, forcefully eloquent, thrillingly controversial work that advances a world view based on the cyclical rise and fall of civilizations.This abridgment presents the most significant of Oswald Spengler’s arguments, linked by illuminating explanatory passages. It makes available in one volume a masterpiece of grand-scale history and far-reaching prophesy that remains essential reading for anyone interested in the factors that determine the course of civilizations.
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The Decline of the West, Oswald Spengler
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- Titolo
- The Decline of the West
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Oswald Spengler
- Editore
- George Allen&Unwin Ltd.
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Arte / Cultura, Scienze sociali, Scienze politiche & Politica, Tematica filosofica, Arte, Politica, Scienza, Letteratura tedesca, Regali per il nonno, Sociologia, Cultura e Società, Antropologia, Cultura, Relazioni internazionali, Storia della Scienza, Civilizzazione, Civiltà occidentale, Filosofia della storia, Decadenza morale
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1918
- Titolo originale
- Untergang des Abendlandes
- Valutazione
- 4,1 su 5
- Descrizione
- Since its first publication more than eighty years ago, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and talked about books of our time. A sweeping account of Western culture by a historian of legendary intellect, it is an astonishingly informed, forcefully eloquent, thrillingly controversial work that advances a world view based on the cyclical rise and fall of civilizations.This abridgment presents the most significant of Oswald Spengler’s arguments, linked by illuminating explanatory passages. It makes available in one volume a masterpiece of grand-scale history and far-reaching prophesy that remains essential reading for anyone interested in the factors that determine the course of civilizations.