THEORIES OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL CYCLES BY O. SPENGLER AND A. TOYNBEE

Submitted by redaktor on Fri, 10/18/2019 - 03:56

Year: 
2019

Article:

Issue: 
4

DOI: 
10.34076/2219-6838-2019-4-5-17
Author(s): 

Arkhipov Sergei

Professor, Ural State Law University (Yekaterinburg), Paris Nanterre (Paris, France), doctor of legal sciences, e-mail: arhip10@mail.ru

Author(s): 
Arkhipov Sergei
Abstract: 

The article explores the theories of social and legal cycles by O. Spengler and A. Toynbee. Their ideas about local cultures, civilizations, world history and social and legal progress are analyzed. The author also discusses their views on the cyclical nature of cultural development, the conditions of the emergence of original cultures, their autonomy, unity and differences, the causes of their decline, death, and the socio-legal future of mankind.

Key words: 

legal progress, culture, civilization, legal development, cultural and historical cycles

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