The decline of the West, Volume 2 : $b Perspectives of world-historySpengler, Oswald
History
The decline of the West, Volume 2 : $b Perspectives of world-history
Spengler, Oswald
Civilization -- History
Chapter XI. The State. (B) State and History 359
Movement and thing-moved; Being “in form,” p. 361. Right and might,
p. 363. Estate and State, p. 366. The feudal State, p. 371. From
feudal union to Estate-State, p. 375. Polis and Dynasty, p. 376.
The Absolute State, Fronde, and Tyrannis, p. 385. Wallenstein,
p. 389. Cabinet politics, p. 391. From First Tyrannis to Second,
p. 394. The bourgeois revolution, p. 398. Intellect and money,
p. 400. Formless powers (Napoleonism), p. 404. Emancipation
of money, p. 410. “Constitution,” p. 412. From Napoleonism to
Cæsarism (period of the “Contending States”), p. 416. The great
wars, p. 419. Age of the Romans, p. 422. From Caliphate to
Sultanate, p. 423. Egypt, p. 427. The present, p. 428. Cæsarism,
p. 431.
Chapter XII. The State. (C) Philosophy of Politics 437
Life is politics, p. 439. The political instinct, p. 441. The
statesman, p. 442. Creation of tradition, p. 444. Physiognomic
(diplomatic) pulse, p. 445. Estate and party, p. 448. The
_bourgeoisie_ as primary party (liberalism), p. 449. From Estate,
through party, to the magnate’s following, p. 452. Theory, from
Rousseau to Marx, p. 453. Intellect and money (democracy), p.
455. The press, p. 460. Self-annihilation of democracy through
money, p. 464.
Chapter XIII. The Form-world of Economic Life. (A) Money 467
National economics, p. 469. Political and economic sides of life,
p. 471. Productive and acquisitive economy (agriculture and
trade), p. 473. Politics and trade (power and spoil), p. 475.
Primitive economy, and economic style of the high Cultures,
p. 476. Estate and economic class, p. 477. The cityless land,
thinking in goods, p. 480. The city, thinking in money, p.
481. World-economics, mobilization of goods by money, p. 484.
The Classical idea of money, the coin, p. 486. The slave as
money, p. 487. Faustian thinking in money, the book-value, p.
489. Double-entry book-keeping, p. 490. The coin in the West,
p. 490. Money and work, p. 492. Capitalism, p. 493. Economic
organization, p. 494. Extinction of money-thought; Diocletian;
the economic thought of the Russian, p. 495.
Chapter XIV. The Form-world of Economic Life. (B) The Machine 497
Spirit of technics, p. 499. Primitive technics and style of
the high Cultures, p. 500. Classical technics, p. 501. The
will-to-power over nature, the inventor, p. 501. Intoxication of
modern discovery, p. 502. The man as slave of the machine, p.
504. Entrepreneurs, workers, engineers, p. 504. Struggle between
money and industry, p. 505. Last battle of money and politics,
victory of the blood, p. 507.
Index TO FOLLOW 507
CHAPTER I
ORIGIN AND LANDSCAPE
(A)
THE COSMIC AND THE MICROCOSM
I[1]
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