/lit/ Man and Technics Reading Group Announcement

[Anonymous No.11936347]

copy/pasting from last thread because i'm a herbivore and lack the faustian spirit to write something of my own

Ok we're going to do a Man and Technics /lit/
reading group. This is intended as an announcement post for anyone interested.

The book itself is only about **50 pages**, so we'll be starting with the discussion very soon, most likely Saturday afternoon (10/13) a thread will be posted.

Because of how short it is, hopefully we can get lots of people involved, especially those not typically interested in Spengler.

>Man and Technology: A Contribution to a Philosophy of Life is a short book by Oswald Spengler, in which the author discusses a critique of technology and industrialism. It was published as Der Mensch und die Technik in Munich in 1931.

>The principal idea in the work is that many of the Western world's great achievements may soon become spectacles for our descendants to marvel at, as we do with the pyramids of Egypt or the baths of Rome.[1] Spengler especially pointed to the tendency of Western technology to spread to hostile "Colored races" which would then use the weapons against the West.[2] In Spengler's view, western culture will be destroyed from within by materialism, and destroyed by others through economic competition and warfare.

Here is the original:

https://archive.org/details/DerMenschUndDieTechnik/page/n0

Here's an English translation:

https://archive.org/details/ManTechnics-AContributionToAPhilosophyOfLife193253/page/n3N

The book is a standalone work, but a basic knowledge of Spengler's previous works and his general philosophy of history is recommended, which you can find on Wikipedia. Or better yet, read his Der Untergang Des Abendlandes, The Decline of the West.

[Anonymous No.11936348]

>>11936347
>Saturday afternoon (10/13)
Saturday afternoon (10/20)