The Decline of Europe. Essays on the Morphology of World History: Gestalt and Reality

Oswald Spengler — a famous German philosopher, historian, one of the founders of modern cultural philosophy, creator of the cyclical theory, publicist.
«The Decline of Europe» — the main work of Spengler, the sensational success of which brought him worldwide fame.... Summarizing the rich archaeological, ethnographic, and linguistic material, Spengler forced his readers to look anew at the possibilities of traditional historical science and determined the place of Western European civilization in human history. This book was the first attempt to glimpse into the future of European culture. In its time, it became a true cultural bestseller, having gone through 32 editions in the 1920s alone and was translated into many languages.