The Decline of the West
- ISBN-10
- 0195066340
- ISBN-13
- 9780195066340
- Series
- The Decline of the West
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 414
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Oswald Spengler, Arthur Helps, Charles Francis Atkinson
Description
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.
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