Oswald Spengler and his Interpretation of the Ancient Egyptian Civilisation

Spengler’s Decline of the West is generally read in view of his bleak prophecies concerning the future of the West. This somewhat obscures his contribution to comparative history and his interest not only in Classical Antiquity and the West, but also in the Ancient Near East. In this paper, we will...

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Autor principal:	David Engels
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2021
Materias:	Spengler Weimar historiography ancient Egypt philosophy of history cultural pessimism Law K Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:45035b00370d4aef9f0017f4914e63e22021-11-27T13:10:55ZOswald Spengler and his Interpretation of the Ancient Egyptian Civilisation10.12797/Politeja.18.2021.72.051733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/45035b00370d4aef9f0017f4914e63e22021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/3785https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 Spengler’s Decline of the West is generally read in view of his bleak prophecies concerning the future of the West. This somewhat obscures his contribution to comparative history and his interest not only in Classical Antiquity and the West, but also in the Ancient Near East. In this paper, we will first present and critically analyze the outlines of Spengler’s interpretation of Ancient Egyptian History in the field of art history, politics and religion, before venturing some conclusions and personal remarks about the important question whether Spengler’s endeavor must be considered helplessly outdated and refuted by modern research, or whether it still has a potential to serve as the basis of a new, up-to-date morphology of history. David EngelsKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleSpenglerWeimarhistoriographyancient Egyptphilosophy of historycultural pessimismLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 18, Iss 3(72) (2021)
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description	Spengler’s Decline of the West is generally read in view of his bleak prophecies concerning the future of the West. This somewhat obscures his contribution to comparative history and his interest not only in Classical Antiquity and the West, but also in the Ancient Near East. In this paper, we will first present and critically analyze the outlines of Spengler’s interpretation of Ancient Egyptian History in the field of art history, politics and religion, before venturing some conclusions and personal remarks about the important question whether Spengler’s endeavor must be considered helplessly outdated and refuted by modern research, or whether it still has a potential to serve as the basis of a new, up-to-date morphology of history.
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Oswald Spengler and his Interpretation of the Ancient Egyptian Civilisation

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