Oswald Spengler (May 29, 1880 - May 8, 1936) was a German philosopher and mathematician. His work The Decline of the West argues that the development of civilizations follows a recognizable cyclical pattern.

Born Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler at Blankenburg am Harz.

Spengler has, amongst others, influenced Georg Henrik von Wright in his writing about our society.

Spengler was a pivotal influence on Francis Parker Yockey, who wrote Imperium as a sequel to The Decline of the West. Yockey called Spengler "The Philosopher of the Twentieth Century."

Some also argue that he was a major influence on Samuel P. Huntington's controversial Clash of civilizations theory.

In Germany the direction of his works is doubted today since it was also popular with supporters of national socialism.

Contents

1 Spengler's Works 2 See also 3 Further Reading 4 External links

Spengler's Works

• Der Untergang des Abendlandes in German. Original 1919.
  • Decline of the West: Perspectives of World History ISBN 0195066340
• Man and Technics: A Contribution to a Philosophy of Life ISBN 0898759838
• The Hour of Decision: Germany & World-Historical Evolution ISBN 1410202666
• Aphorisms
• Selected Essays

See also

• Magian Civilization
• Apollinian Civilization
• Faustian Civilization
• Brahmanic Civilization
• Confucian-Taoist Civilization

Further Reading

• Twilight of the Evening Lands: Oswald Spengler - A Half Century Later by John F. Fennelly (New York, Brookdale Press, [1972]) ISBN 091265001X
• Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 edited by Philip Rees, 1991, ISBN 0130893013
• Prophet of Decline : Spengler on world history and politics by John Farrenkopf (Publisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2001) ISBN 0807126535 ISBN 0807127272

External links

• Oswald Spengler: An Introduction to his Life and Ideas (http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v17/v17n2p-2_Stimely.html) by Keith Stimely
• Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler (1880-1936) (http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/spengle.htm)
• The Oswald Spengler Collection (http://www.alphalink.com.au/~radnat/spengler/)
• Oswald Spengler Quotes (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/o/oswald_spengler.html)

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"Oswald Spengler" (http://www.atimes.com/atimes/others/spengler.html) is also the pseudonym of a columnist for the Asia Times Online, whose particular focus is on America.

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