The Decline of the West
Title | The Decline of the West PDF eBook |
Author | Oswald Spengler |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 500 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780195066340 |
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.
Form and actuality
Title | Form and actuality PDF eBook |
Author | Oswald Spengler |
Publisher | |
Pages | 494 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Civilization |
ISBN |
The Decline of the West, Two Volumes in One
Title | The Decline of the West, Two Volumes in One PDF eBook |
Author | Oswald Spengler |
Publisher | Cosimo Classics |
Pages | 1020 |
Release | 2020-12-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781646791606 |
The Decline of the West by German historian Oswald Spengler, originally published in German as Der Untergang des Abendlandes (Vols. I and II in resp. 1918 and 1922), became an instant success in Germany after its defeat in World War I.
Imperium
Title | Imperium PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Parker Yockey |
Publisher | The Palingenesis Project (Wermod and Wermod Publishing Group) |
Pages | 926 |
Release | 2013-01-14 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0956183573 |
Written without notes in Ireland, and first published pseudonymously in 1948, Imperium is Francis Parker Yockey’s masterpiece. It is a critique of 19th-century rationalism and materialism, synthesising Oswald Spengler, Carl Schmitt, and Klaus Haushofer’s geopolitics. In particular, it rethinks the themes of Spengler’s The Decline of the West in an effort to account for the United States’ then recent involvement in World War II and for the task bequeathed to Europe’s political soldiers in the struggle to unite the Continent—heroically, rather than economically—in the realisation of the destiny implied in European High Culture. Yockey’s radical attack on liberal thought, especially that embodied by Americanism (distinct from America or Americans), condemned his work to obscurity, its appeal limited to the post-war fascist underground. Yet, Imperium transcents both the immediate post-war situation and its initial readership: it opened pathways to a deconstruction of liberalism, and introduced the concept of cultural vitalism— the organic conceptualisation of culture, with all that attends to it. These contributions are even more relevant now than in their day, and provide us with a deeper understanding of, as well as tools to deal with, the situation in the West in current century. It is with this in mind that the present, 900-page, fully-annotated edition is offered, complete with a major foreword by Dr Kerry Bolton, Julius Evola’s review as an afterword (in a fresh new translation), a comprehensive index, a chronology of Yockey's life, and an appendix, revealing, for the first time, much previously unknown information about the author's genealogical background.
Man and Technics
Title | Man and Technics PDF eBook |
Author | Oswald Spengler |
Publisher | Legend Books Sp. Z O.O. |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-06-14 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9788367583480 |
In this revised edition of Man and Technics, Oswald Spengler's predictions have proven remarkably accurate after over ninety years. He foresaw the environmental consequences of industrialization, leading to species extinction. Spengler predicted that low-wage labor from Third World countries would outcompete Western workers, causing industrial production to shift to regions like East Asia, India, and South America. He argued that technology alienates humanity from nature, dominating our culture. Despite mastering nature, man becomes enslaved by technology. Spengler believed the West would grow disillusioned with its artificial lifestyle and eventually despise the civilization it created. The relentless progress of technology ensures the self-destruction of the high-tech West from within. He envisioned a future where our cities crumble like ancient palaces. Whether this prophecy will come true remains to be seen.
Untold War
Title | Untold War PDF eBook |
Author | International Society for First World War Studies. Conference |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 469 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004166599 |
With chapters on both military and cultural history, this book highlights how the first total war of the twentieth century changed social, cultural and military perceptions to an untold extent."--BOOK JACKET.
Oswald Spengler and the Politics of Decline
Title | Oswald Spengler and the Politics of Decline PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Lewis |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2022-07-08 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1800735758 |
Oswald Spengler was one of the most important thinkers of the Weimar Republic, but very little has been published on his politics, philosophy and life, especially in the English-language.Oswald Spengler and the Politics of Decline transforms the pre-existing picture of Spengler by demonstrating how Spengler’s radical opposition to liberal democracy was an unwavering facet of his thought from 1918 onwards. It adopts a completely novel approach by placing a new emphasis on his political activities and writings, and is unique in explaining the interplay between Spengler’s meta-historical considerations on world history and the practical demands of Realpolitik throughout the complex discourse of German national renewal.