Glub pasha argues that civilizations are akin to biological organisms in the sense that they have a natural life span. He says civilization progress through a series of stages marked by growth, decline and eventually death. By tracing the progression of these stages we can gain greater clarity into how and why civilizations destroy themselves from within,. he writes.
“I see in you all the characteristic stigma of decay. I can prove to you that… your atheism and your pessimism and your cynicism, your immorality, your broken-down marriages…were characteristic marks of the dying ages of ancient States.” Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West Are we living in an age of civilizational collapse? In […]
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