{"product_id":"the-decline-of-the-west-paperback","title":"The Decline of the West - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOswald Spengler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its first publication more than eighty years ago, \u003ci\u003eThe Decline of the West\u003c\/i\u003e has ranked as one of the most widely read and talked about books of our time. A sweeping account of Western culture by a historian of legendary intellect, it is an astonishingly informed, forcefully eloquent, thrillingly controversial work that advances a world view based on the cyclical rise and fall of civilizations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis abridgment presents the most significant of Oswald Spengler's arguments, linked by illuminating explanatory passages. It makes available in one volume a masterpiece of grand-scale history and far-reaching prophesy that remains essential reading for anyone interested in the factors that determine the course of civilizations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOswald Spengler, one of the most controversial historians of the twentieth century, was born in Blankenburg, Germany, in 1880. He studied mathematics, philosophy, and history in Munich and Berlin. Except for his doctor's thesis on Heraclitus, he published nothing before the first volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Decline of the West, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich appeared when he was thirty-eight. The Agadir crisis of 1911 provided the immediate incentive for his exhaustive investigations of the background and origins of our civilization. Spengler chose his main title in 1912, finished a draft of the first volume two years later, and published it in 1918. The second, concluding volume was published in 1922. \u003ci\u003eThe Decline of the West \u003c\/i\u003ewas first published in this country in 1926 (Vol. 1) and 1928 (Vol. 2); this abridged edition was first published here in 1962. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor many years Spengler lived quietly in his home in Munich, thinking, writing, and pursuing his hobbies-collecting pictures and primitive weapons, listening to Beethoven quartets, and reading the comedies of Shakespeare and Molière. He took occasional trips to the Harz Mountains and to Italy. In 1936, three weeks before his fifty-sixth birthday, he died in Munich of a heart attack.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52026560741677,"sku":"9781400097005","price":19.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-decline-of-the-west-paperback-7293525.webp?v=1777425006","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-decline-of-the-west-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}