Der Spengler, Oswald 1880-1936 creator text utu 2025 monographic de 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Der Untergang des Abendlandes, Erster Band" by Oswald Spengler is a philosophical work published in 1918. Spengler proposes a radical theory of history where cultures evolve like organisms, each with lifespans of about a thousand years of flourishing followed by decline. He rejects linear historical progression, arguing that Western civilization has entered its "evening" phase—a period of inevitable decline despite apparent power. Drawing on morphological analysis, he examines eight major cultures and predicts the West's transformation from creative culture to stagnant civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decline_of_the_West Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Untergang_des_Abendlandes Release date is 2025-10-13 Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Originally published: München: C.H. Beck, 1919 Civilization -- History CB München: C.H. Beck, 1919 https://archive.org/details/deruntergangdesa01spen https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77042 https://archive.org/details/deruntergangdesa01spen https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77042 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134802.0 77042