Электронное приложение к Российскому юридическому журналу (Oct 2019)

THEORIES OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL CYCLES BY O. SPENGLER AND A. TOYNBEE

  • Arkhipov Sergei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.34076/2219-6838-2019-4-5-17
Journal volume & issue
no. 4

Abstract

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The article explores the theories of social and legal cycles by O. Spengler and A. Toynbee. Their ideas about local cultures, civilizations, world history and social and legal progress are analyzed. The author also discusses their views on the cyclical nature of cultural development, the conditions of the emergence of original cultures, their autonomy, unity and differences, the causes of their decline, death, and the socio-legal future of mankind.

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