Staring into Chaos: Explorations in the Decline of Western Civilization

By Bruce Brander

Combatants on both sides of the Culture Wars would profit from social and historical analysis removed from the polemics of the moment. Yet while the last 150 years have produced several brilliant... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965320855
• ISBN13: 9780965320856
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Spence Publishing Company
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

This book saved me a decade.

By reading this book, I saved myself a decade of pondering on the failings and disintegrations in our nation, our society and our world. It's immensely informative, a rich and rewarding read! It can be read again and again...

Illuminates the dynamics of civilizations.

I'm thankful I came across this book! I give it 5 stars because the material - a well written summary on the essential works of three prominent 20th century social thinkers who made it their life's work to ponder the rise and fall of past civilizations - has changed the way I look at the world. Mr. Brander's prose is lucid and consistent; and is accessable to the average reader. The content of the book illuminates the dynamics of civilizations past; it also speaks on the state of present-day Western civilization and the possibilities for its future. I highly recommended this book to those interested in either world history, sociology, or in the future of humanity.

A full education on civilizations

This book tells how every civilization in history rises and falls, including our own. For any intelligent reader concerned about what is happening around us and within us, this book is very satisfying. A brilliant and valuable effort!

Excellent

A brilliant discussion of Toynbee, Spengler & Sorokin. Particularly good on the background to these thinkers.