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Oswald Spengler (May 29, 1880 - May 8, 1936) was a German philosopher and mathematician. His work Decline of the West argues that the development of civilizations follows a recognizable cyclical pattern.
Spengler has, amongst others, influenced Georg Henrik von Wright in his writing about our society.
"Oswald Spengler" is also the pseudonym of a columnist for the Asia Times Online, whose particular focus is on America.
Works
- Der Untergang des Abendlandes in German. Original 1919.
- Decline of the West, Perspectives of World History
- Västerlandets undergång, in Swedish.
- Man and Technics
- Magian Civilization
- Apollinian Civilization
- Faustian Civilization
- Brahmanic Civilization
- Confucian-Taoist Civilization
