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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-101400097002

ISBN-139781400097005

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Book TitleDecline of the West

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCivilization, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Essays

Publication Year2006

GenrePhilosophy, History

AuthorOswald Spengler

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight12.6 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"Provocative and often dazzling. . . . An exciting excursion through history." -"Time" "Audacious, profound . . . exciting and magnificent." -"The New Republic ""This grand panorama, this imaginative sweep, this staggering erudition, this Nietzschean prose, with its fine color and ringing force, mark a work that must endure." -"The New York Sun " "With monumental learning . . . Spengler surveys man's cosmic march. . . . Always forceful . . . eloquent." -"The New York Times ", "Provocative and often dazzling. . . . An exciting excursion through history." Time "Audacious, profound . . . exciting and magnificent." The New Republic "This grand panorama, this imaginative sweep, this staggering erudition, this Nietzschean prose, with its fine color and ringing force, mark a work that must endure." The New York Sun "With monumental learning . . . Spengler surveys man's cosmic march. . . . Always forceful . . . eloquent." The New York Times, " Provocative and often dazzling. . . . An exciting excursion through history." - "Time" " Audacious, profound . . . exciting and magnificent." - "The New Republic "" This grand panorama, this imaginative sweep, this staggering erudition, this Nietzschean prose, with its fine color and ringing force, mark a work that must endure." - "The New York Sun " " With monumental learning . . . Spengler surveys man's cosmic march. . . . Always forceful . . . eloquent." - "The New York Times "

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Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal901

Edition DescriptionAbridged edition

SynopsisSince its first publication more than eighty years ago, The Decline of the West 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. This 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., Since its first publication more than eighty years ago, "The Decline of the West" 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. This 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.

LC Classification NumberCB83