Graduation Year
2022
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Political Science
Program or Major
Political Science
Faculty Advisor
Jeremy Geddert
Abstract
To explore the meaning of the term "civilization," the significance and nature of civilizational decline, and the possible means of reversing such declines, it is worthwhile to consult some of the most exhaustive and renowned works on the subject—namely, Arnold Toynbee’s A Study of History and Oswald Spengler’s The Decline of the West. It will also be useful to consider other works by Samuel Huntington, Adda Bozeman, Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Jefferson, and Şükrü Yazğan. Each thinker’s examination of the term "civilization," the topic of civilizational decline, and the question of recovery varies, but the overlap and disagreement between them provides great insight into each of these matters.
Recommended Citation
McMahon, Martin, "Preventing the Collapse: A Study of Civilizational Decline" (2022). Honors Theses. 106.
https://digitalcommons.assumption.edu/honorstheses/106