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Is there a series of books that redpills you on the major historical passages that lead to where the west is today - simmilar to Kenny's New History Of Western Philosophy with philosophy?
I was badly ignorant to these topics in HS and am realizing that one can't understand lit without knowing his.
..maybe /his/ is a better place to ask for this, but I'm sure you anons know a thing or two about history and I'm not trying to get deeply into one historical topic, just an overall grasp so that I understand his-based symbols put into art.
(I'm aware a series like that could consist of many books, but am willing to go for it, since otherwise I'm stuck)

>> No.15957464

>>15957377
i know where you're coming from anon but i would suggest 1st learning about the 20th centruy stuff and then proceed back in time. There is no 1 book that holds everything

>> No.15957506

>>15957464
Funny you say that, because reading Kenny, I read vol. 4 first.

>> No.15957574

>>15957377
The Decline of the West

>> No.15957612

>>15957574
Is this actually good or is it a /lit/-/pol/ meme

>> No.15957621

>>15957377
take a 2 semester history course

>> No.15957657

>>15957612
It's a Hegelian philosophy of history, /pol/fags like to appropriate it because of the title.

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15957679

>>15957657
Ok I'll read it

>> No.15957682

>>15957679
No you won't

>> No.15957691

>>15957682
Yes I will and then I will shitpost nonstop about for three days and then I will watch fisting porn

>> No.15957696

>>15957377
Maybe look at the Great Ages of Man series by Time Life Books. It's for younger readers so it should be good if you're a retard, you can find some on archive.org

https://archive.org/details/greatagesofmanafricankingdoms/mode/2up

>>15957612
It's a big topological meme

>>15957657
Spengler was anti-Hegelian and thought history wasn't progressive

>> No.15957710

>>15957696
>It's a big topological meme
Brother bls exblain

>> No.15957734

>>15957696
>Great Ages of Man
I am a retard outside of mathematical disciplines, but something that's for younger readers sounds dangerously dumbed down.

>> No.15957762

>>15957710
Spengler thought in terms of types not dialectics

>>15957734
You'll be surprised if you read older stuff (around 50 or more years) targeted at high schoolers that it was generally written at a level more advanced than stuff for undergraduates today... maybe that says something

>> No.15957813

>>15957762
Ok, thanks for sure for suggesting it and I will look at it.. if you say it's HQ.