Oswald Spengler and the Politics of Decline

Ben Lewis is a Leverhulme Early Career Researcher at the University of Leeds. He has taught German language, politics and history at King’s College London and the University of Sheffield. In total, he has edited and translated four volumes of texts by European socialist thinkers: Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism (2019); Clara Zetkin: Letters and Writings (2015; with Mike Jones) Karl Kautsky on Colonialism (2013; with Mike Macnair); and Zinoviev and Martov: Head to Head in Halle (2011; with Lars T. Lih). He has delivered papers at multiple international academic conferences (including Chicago, London and Paris)

Acknowledgments

Preface



Introduction



Chapter 1. Oswald Spengler’s Life and Work: A Chronological Overview

Chapter 2. Spengler Reception and Research

Chapter 3. Decline, Determinism and Development

Chapter 4. Faustian Zivilisation: Prognosis and Perspectives

Chapter 5. Spengler’s Prussian Socialism

Chapter 6. Rebuilding the German Reich: Illusion and Failure

Chapter 7. Decisive Years: Spengler and National Socialism



Concluding Remarks



Bibliography

Index