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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Decline of the West is a philosophical book by German philosopher Oswald Spengler. While the title suggests being mainly about the fate of Western civilization, it actually covers a lot of topics - the history of the other great cultures (Chinese, Indian, Aztec, Babylonian, Middle Eastern, Egyptian); the development of arts, science and religions; also, that of politics, economy, technics and war; and finally, tying everything together with "morphology", i.e. comparing the shapes of different cultures and find the equivalents of, let's say, Napoléon Bonaparte, in them note In the Greco-Roman culture, that would be Alexander the Great. Yes, Spengler was a bit of a Renaissance Man in that.The book influenced people from Henry Kissinger to Joseph Campbell, and even a thinker critical of Spengler as Theodore Adorno conceded that Spengler's insights were often more profound than those of his more liberal contemporaries, and his predictions more far-reaching.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Spengler's works are in the public domain (at least in Germany), and you can read them on the internet for free. Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2 (both in English). | |
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Big, Screwed-Up Family: He did not like "unfruitful" people, but mentioned that these families also exist. "The hate for the brother is always bigger than the hate for the stranger." | |
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Awful Truth: "Optimism is cowardice." | |
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Awesome Mc Coolname: "Magians" for the Jews (and Muslims, and Greek-Orthodox Christians... generally, everyone from the Middle East following a religion which originated there around 0-1000 AD). | |
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America Saves the Day: Spengler criticized the Germans for being Genre Blind to this trope, and being completely ignorant of the US army's achievements (creating a million man army from scratch, using battleships and machine guns, amazing logistics) during The American Civil War. | |
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