The Decline of the West

Thanks for the links, very interesting. I have only glanced at Spengler, but need to study further. Problem with Spengler, Evola, Guenon is that you need heavy pre-study into the Occult, Myths, and classical things before delving into their difficult ideas. I didn't understand Evola for years.

>>131768765
True. The saddest thing for me is that Guenon is not translated in my native language.

>>131768765
you also need a solid understanding in history because he delivers a ton of examples for his theory you wont really understand them if you dont know the historical background. when i first read it with 16 years or something i didnt understand shit.

>>131769593
Read Prussian-dom and Socialism if you haven't.

>>131767785
The podcast Rebel Yell did a really good episode recently in which they discussed this book. You should give it a listen. https://soundcloud.com/musonius-rufus/rebel-yell-20170514-218-daryl-cooper-decline-of-the-west

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The "circle of civilisations" is a core idea of the Weimar-German nationalist movement called "Conservative Revolution". Everyone who likes Spengler should also take a look at the Jünger brothers (Ernst & Georg), Ernst Niekisch (even though it will be hard to find English translations of his good stuff), Van den Bruck (founder of the term "Third Reich"), and many others.

In general these theories of "third position" are trying to realize Nietzsches philosophy in one or another way; they understand the concept of might/right and of rise, prosperety, degeneracy and fall; some of them thought that they can break the circle and bring paradise (national socialists), others thought that you have to live for the "amor fati" principle, meaning that you have to accept the world as it is, but without being the one who loses but being the one who gets on the top of things. That goes for individuals (Nietzsche) as for whole nations (Jünger Brothers) since the nation is nothing more and nothing less than the organized will of those in power.

>>131770578
Very good explanation but unfortunately a large number of the more taboo books don't have an english translation.

>>131770961
keep making these threads at the same time, maybe i will be able to help out soon, at least with some of the texts.

>>131771911
I will if I don't forget.

>>131767785
A Spenglerian Reactionary destroys /lit/:
http://warosu.org/lit/thread/S4570057