Technology and the End of Western Civilisation: Spengler's and Heidegger's Histories of Life/Being
Spengler's work is typically represented as speculative philosophy of history. There is good reason, however, to consider much of his thought as preoccupied with existential and phenomenological questions about the nature and ends of human existence, rather than with history per se. In this pap...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-12 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Spengler, Oswald 1880-1936, Der Untergang des Abendlandes
/ Western world
/ Civilization
/ Technology
/ Natural sciences
/ Mathematics
/ Heidegger, Martin 1889-1976
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| IxTheo Classification: | VA Philosophy ZB Sociology |
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| Summary: | Spengler's work is typically represented as speculative philosophy of history. There is good reason, however, to consider much of his thought as preoccupied with existential and phenomenological questions about the nature and ends of human existence, rather than with history per se. In this paper, Spengler's work is considered in comparison with Heidegger's history of Being and analysis of technological modernity. It is argued that Spengler's considerable proximity to much of Heidegger's thought compels us to reconsider the nature and scope of Spengler's philosophical project. |
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| ISSN: | 1445-7377 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/20797222.2019.1641915 |