. . . . . . . . . .LASCIATE OGNI SPERANZA VOI CHE ENTRATE
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This thread offers a categorization by subject of all known writings by David P. Goldman, under the pen name, "Spengler," mostly in the Asia Times Online and listed on the Complete Spengler page of the website of Asia Times Online ( ATol), prior to his joining the editorial staff of First Things and publicly revealing his identity in the spring of 2009. Since the spring of 2009, when he became a full-time rather than part-time journalist, his writings have become too diverse and numerous to be covered by a thread of this nature, including frequent posts on his "Spengler blog" at First Things and on his "Inner Workings" financial blog at ATol. Countless articles by Mr. Goldman in diverse academic, financial, and political publications, including all his published writings before 1999, are not covered; his earliest articles as "Spengler," published in the hard-copy Asia Times during 1995-97, are not accessible online.
This thread is intended to facilitate reference to covered writings. We group these writings into the following subject categories and subcategories ("sections"). Each section is presented as a separate posting on this thread. Each section heading in the following list is a link to that posting:
. . . . . . . . . .(0) Autobiography & economic affairs
. . . . . . . . . .(1) Religion
. . . . . . . . . .(1.a) Philosophy and theology
. . . . . . . . . .(1.b) Comparative religion
. . . . . . . . . .(1.c) Christianity
. . . . . . . . . .(1.d) Islam and the Muslim world
. . . . . . . . . .-- (1.d.i) Crisis of faith in the Muslim world
. . . . . . . . . .(1.e) Judaism and Jews
. . . . . . . . . .(2) Culture
. . . . . . . . . .(2.a) Culture and civilization
. . . . . . . . . .(2.b) Western culture and civilization
. . . . . . . . . .(2.c) The United States and its culture
. . . . . . . . . .-- (2.c.i) A self-aware New Chosen People?
. . . . . . . . . .(2.d) Demographics
. . . . . . . . . .-- (2.d.i) Demographics of the Muslim world
. . . . . . . . . .(3) Strategy
. . . . . . . . . .(3.a) Uncertainty and conflict
. . . . . . . . . .(3.b) Political philosophy
. . . . . . . . . .(3.c) International politics
. . . . . . . . . .-- (3.c.i) A nuclear-armed Iran?
. . . . . . . . . .(3.d) The West’s war with radical Islam
. . . . . . . . . .(4) Feuilleton and thematically diverse writings
. . . . . . . . . .(4a.) Feuilleton
. . . . . . . . . .(4.b) Thematically diverse writings
Some writings are listed in multiple sections. None is listed in more than three sections. Within each section, writings are listed in inverse chronological order.
We recognize that Spengler strives for an integrated unity of thought to which any division into subject categories does violence. In the hope of minimizing this violence, we have striven to develop a categorization scheme based on Spengler’s own summary of his agenda:
Spengler wrote:What is my agenda? … It is to promote Judeo-Christian ecumenicism in the support of traditional moral values and the resolve to defend the West against its enemies, … But it is also to inculcate the habit of mind of accepting uncertainty. That is, if you will, the Clausewitzian side.
Our tripartite categorization – (1) religion; (2) culture; (3) strategy – reflects our perception that in Spengler’s writings, culture is the medium in and through which traditional religious values and strategy interact.
Summaries of writings posted on this thread are sometimes those of the original publisher, and sometimes our own: ATol generally has provided summaries, First Things generally has not.
We intend to update this thread as new writings are published. We may initiate new categories or sections in response either to diversification or specialization of Spengler's subject portfolio, or to suggestions from readers. We initially reserve some filler postings between section postings for the purpose of housing possible future expansion in the number of categories or sections; we decorate them with verse and art displays and links in the hope of relieving the tedium of a reference thread.
We request that forum participants limit postings on this thread to suggestions for improving the thread, e.g., comments on the subject categorization scheme or on our assignment of essays to categories, or notices of errors, omissions, or link failures. Suggestions from Spengler would be particularly welcome, and we shall strive to accommodate them.
"Lemurs" is a pseudonym for a group of forum participants who share a password, and whose participation in this forum under that pseudonym will be limited to archival activities.
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