The Idea of Decline in Western History

This book takes a deep dive into the idea of decline in Western history and how it has become a fixed part of modern Western culture. The author examines major thinkers from the past and present, including Nietzsche, DuBois, Sartre, and Foucault, and how they have contributed to this ideology of cultural pessimism. From Nazism to the Sixties counterculture, and from Robert Bly to Madonna, this work explores the roots of declinism and how it has affected our collective imagination.