John Farrenkopf
Biographic Data
| ID | 316282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Farrenkopf |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Farrenkopf |
| SIGNATURE | FARRENKOPF J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Prophet of Decline: Spengler on World History and Politics
Prophet of decline: Spengler on world history and politics
Oswald Spengler (1880-1936) is best known for The Decline of the West, in which he propounded his pathbreaking philosophy of world history and penetrating diagnosis of the crisis of modernity." "In Prophet of Decline, John Farrenkopf takes advantage of the perspective the new millennium provides to reassess this visionary thinker and his challenging ideas on history, politics, and modern civilization. Farenkopf's assessment ranges widely, coverin…
Spengler's Theory of Civilization
This article presents an overview of Oswald Spengler's theory of civilization based upon his `first' and `second' philosophies of history. The `late' Spengler left behind his more aesthetic and historicist understanding of civilization, turning to philosophical anthropology. Spengler lost confidence that a new great culture would someday emerge. While Samuel Huntington in The Clash of Civilizations argues that civilizational pluralism is growing …
Francis Fukuyama's political idealism
Spengler's historical pessimism and the tragedy of our age
Christ and Caesar: Spengler and the Ethical Dilemma of Statecraft
The author investigates Status's provocative ideas on the ethical dilemma in statecraft, and then compares and contrasts his position with that of three of the most important contributors to the German tradition of Realpolitik; Frederick the Great, Hegel, and Ranke. He also discusses Status's complex relationship to Social Darwinism and the relationship of his ideas on statecraft to those of one of his most influential critics, Friedrich Meinecke…
Spengler's "Der Mensch und die Technik": An Embarrassment or a Significant Treatise
The challenge of Spenglerian pessimism to Ranke and political realism
The crisis in Communism and the apparent end of the Cold War have provoked a resurgence of liberal optimism and Western triumphalism. Recent visions of a peaceful world have been conjured up, only to be overtaken by war in the Persian Gulf and the threat of global recession. Awareness of the dark side of international relations in the twentieth century persists despite the irrepressible hopes of many of its students. At this juncture in history, …
The Transformation of Spengler's Philosophy of World History
That Oswald Spengler, one of most famous philosophers of history in twentieth century, profoundly changed his ideas on world history after publishing his major work, The Decline of West,1 is virtually unknown to scholars contributing to literature in English on his thought.2 Yet it is not unheard of for speculative philosophers of history to experience a sea change in how they formulate their bold answers to riddle of history. Indeed, Spengler's …
Spengler's historical pessimism and the tragedy of our age
Spengler's Theory of Civilization
This article presents an overview of Oswald Spengler's theory of civilization based upon his `first' and `second' philosophies of history. The `late' Spengler left behind his more aesthetic and historicist understanding of civilization, turning to philosophical anthropology. Spengler lost confidence that a new great culture would someday emerge. While Samuel Huntington in The Clash of Civilizations argues that civilizational pluralism is growing …
The challenge of Spenglerian pessimism to Ranke and political realism
The crisis in Communism and the apparent end of the Cold War have provoked a resurgence of liberal optimism and Western triumphalism. Recent visions of a peaceful world have been conjured up, only to be overtaken by war in the Persian Gulf and the threat of global recession. Awareness of the dark side of international relations in the twentieth century persists despite the irrepressible hopes of many of its students. At this juncture in history, …
Spengler's "Der Mensch und die Technik": An Embarrassment or a Significant Treatise
The challenge of Spenglerian pessimism to Ranke and political realism
The crisis in Communism and the apparent end of the Cold War have provoked a resurgence of liberal optimism and Western triumphalism. Recent visions of a peaceful world have been conjured up, only to be overtaken by war in the Persian Gulf and the threat of global recession. Awareness of the dark side of international relations in the twentieth century persists despite the irrepressible hopes of many of its students. At this juncture in history, …
The Transformation of Spengler's Philosophy of World History
That Oswald Spengler, one of most famous philosophers of history in twentieth century, profoundly changed his ideas on world history after publishing his major work, The Decline of West,1 is virtually unknown to scholars contributing to literature in English on his thought.2 Yet it is not unheard of for speculative philosophers of history to experience a sea change in how they formulate their bold answers to riddle of history. Indeed, Spengler's …
Christ and Caesar: Spengler and the Ethical Dilemma of Statecraft
The author investigates Status's provocative ideas on the ethical dilemma in statecraft, and then compares and contrasts his position with that of three of the most important contributors to the German tradition of Realpolitik; Frederick the Great, Hegel, and Ranke. He also discusses Status's complex relationship to Social Darwinism and the relationship of his ideas on statecraft to those of one of his most influential critics, Friedrich Meinecke…
Spengler's historical pessimism and the tragedy of our age
Francis Fukuyama's political idealism
Spengler's Theory of Civilization
This article presents an overview of Oswald Spengler's theory of civilization based upon his `first' and `second' philosophies of history. The `late' Spengler left behind his more aesthetic and historicist understanding of civilization, turning to philosophical anthropology. Spengler lost confidence that a new great culture would someday emerge. While Samuel Huntington in The Clash of Civilizations argues that civilizational pluralism is growing …
Prophet of decline: Spengler on world history and politics
Oswald Spengler (1880-1936) is best known for The Decline of the West, in which he propounded his pathbreaking philosophy of world history and penetrating diagnosis of the crisis of modernity." "In Prophet of Decline, John Farrenkopf takes advantage of the perspective the new millennium provides to reassess this visionary thinker and his challenging ideas on history, politics, and modern civilization. Farenkopf's assessment ranges widely, coverin…
Prophet of Decline: Spengler on World History and Politics
Philosophy (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · History (3 works)