/lit/ - Literature

Spengler seems to think that high cultures get their world-symbol and thus whole outlook from their surroundings, since vision is the main way we make sense of the world (as he says in volume two of DotW). Would Americans gradually de-westernize without the influence of the European landscape?
He thought that the Apollonian world-symbol was derived from Aegean islands, but then has Rome as Apollonian despite it being in Italy instead, so maybe America could remain western under his system. The question, though, is how it maintains that. Does he ever talk about this outside of DotW?
Also general Spengler thread, I guess.

Who's the modern day Spengler?

I find his work very interesting: what work of his should I read first? Do I need any prior knowledge beforehand?