Arguments with fictional philosophers: Spengler's Kant and the conceptual foundations of Spengler's early philosophy of history

IF 0.8 2区 历史学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
G. Swer
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Abstract

Most commentators on Spengler's philosophy tend to focus on the details of his cyclical theory of world-history, according to which history should be understood in terms of the rise and fall of great cultures. I argue that Spengler's philosophy of history is itself an expression of his primary concern with philosophical analysis of the structures of human consciousness, and that an awareness of Spengler's account of the existential structures of subjective consciousness enables one to grasp the reasoning behind some of the key features of his philosophy of history, such as his cultural isolation hypothesis and critique of Eurocentric historiography. I further argue that the way to access Spengler's theory of consciousness, and the ways in which it informs his philosophy of history, is via his critical engagement with the Kant character that recurs in the first volume of The Decline of the West.
与虚构哲学家的争论:斯宾格勒的康德与斯宾格勒早期历史哲学的概念基础
关于斯宾格勒哲学的大多数评论家倾向于关注他的世界历史循环理论的细节,根据该理论,历史应该从伟大文化的兴衰来理解。我认为,斯宾格勒的历史哲学本身就是他对人类意识结构的哲学分析的主要关注的表达,而意识到斯宾格勒对主观意识的存在结构的描述,使人们能够理解其历史哲学的一些关键特征背后的理由,如他的文化孤立假说和对欧洲中心史学的批判。我进一步认为,了解斯宾格勒的意识理论,以及它为他的历史哲学提供信息的方式,是通过他与康德性格的批判性接触,康德性格在《西方的衰落》第一卷中反复出现。
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History of the Human Sciences
History of the Human Sciences 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学
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1.60
自引率
11.10%
发文量
31
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: History of the Human Sciences aims to expand our understanding of the human world through a broad interdisciplinary approach. The journal will bring you critical articles from sociology, psychology, anthropology and politics, and link their interests with those of philosophy, literary criticism, art history, linguistics, psychoanalysis, aesthetics and law.
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