نظرية الحضارة في فلسفة أسوالد اشبنجلر

Abstract EN

The research on the civilization subject is the prominent feature in the philosophy of history, especially in the contemporary period and that's to understand its characteristics and foundations, reveal its achievements and aspects, explain its course and predict its future.

The interest of scholars and thinkers in this domain led to the establishing of many theories that explain civilization.

Perhaps the most famous theory belongs to the German philosopher Oswald Spengler who made the essence of the research in his book “The West Deterioration” revolves mainly around the topic of civilizations, not peoples, nations and languages, because it is generally a study of the philosophy of history, through which it aims to discover the structures of history, which is meant by them the total of the primary units or what is known as the civilized circles.

This article aims mainly to reveal the truth of his interpretation of civilization, which represents a unit of history.