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SUMMARY:'The German Heraclitus: Exploring the esoteric habitus of Oswald S
 pengler' - Andrew Presti\, PhD candidate\, Wolfson College and Department 
 of German and Dutch
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CONTACT:Graham Allen
DESCRIPTION:Despite a successful career as one of Germany’s leading inte
 llectuals\, Oswald Spengler maintained the view that his ideas were never 
 genuinely understood\, even after numerous attempts at explaining them. Si
 nce the publication of The Decline of the West in 1918\, scholars have str
 uggled to properly categorise Spengler’s philosophy. Was it conservative
  pessimism\, Hegelian idealism\, or simply irrationalism? This talk addres
 ses the esoteric aspects of Spengler’s work and suggests an alternative 
 approach to understanding his message as part of a larger narrative of eso
 teric thought in Germany.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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