Volume : III, Issue : V, May - 2014

Decline and Growth of Cultures : A Philosophical Perspective

Dr. Jatinder Kumar Sharma

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Change is an acknowledged fact associated with the history of cultural processes. These changes have been seen as growth and decline by various philosophers of culture and history. The paper seeks to delineate issued pertaining to cultural growth and decline. It seeks to discuss the linear progress views of Hegel, Marx and Comte; perspectives of Danilevsky, Spengler and Berdyaev, who subscribe to the inevitability of decline; the view of Toynbee that it is possible to revive the declining culture; and the perspective of Kroeber, who finds no evidence to suggest cyclic, regular or necessary change.

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Dr. Jatinder Kumar Sharma Decline and Growth of Cultures : A Philosophical Perspective International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue. V, May 2014

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