Spengler very "content dense" writer of the 20th cent. hence the continued interest even after his "academic unpersoning for crimethink"
One controversial claim was Spain, England, Germany as major movers of West via world historical ideas (Ultramontanism, Capitalism, Socialism)
One controversial claim was Spain, England, Germany as major movers of West via world historical ideas (Ultramontanism, Capitalism, Socialism)
Part of a Gothic / Nordicist / Germanicist take on history as he felt the Med had been overplayed, and wanted to be a contrarian toward his obvious influence Nietzsche
But does this one hold up?
1/ Scandinavia, basically invented Unitarian Church-State - is important no?
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But does this one hold up?
1/ Scandinavia, basically invented Unitarian Church-State - is important no?
...
2/ the Franks, no impact here? Really? Everything from feudal warlordism, to proto-Soviet peasant communism, to much of the high cultural output of north-of-the-Alps Europe? Sheeiit.
3/ the Italians, both parochial communalists and progenitors of high culture others copied
3/ the Italians, both parochial communalists and progenitors of high culture others copied
All of these are of world historical import IMO
But maybe context is needed? In Spengler's day German scholarship was very Classicist, glories of Hellenes and Romans emphasized
He would have seemed of less importance without standing out vs. predecessors FN and Goethe
But maybe context is needed? In Spengler's day German scholarship was very Classicist, glories of Hellenes and Romans emphasized
He would have seemed of less importance without standing out vs. predecessors FN and Goethe
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