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The Law of Civilization and Decay

Brooks Adams

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .And Jezebel’s prophets took their bullock and dressed it, and called on “Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us!” But nothing came of it.

Then Elijah mocked them, “and said, Cry aloud: ... either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.”

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves with knives till “blood gushed out upon them. And ... there was neither voice, nor any to answer.” Then Elijah built his altar, and cut up his bullock and laid him on wood, and poured twelve barrels of water over the whole, and filled a trench with water.

And “the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

“And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God.

“And Elijah s. . . Read More

Community Reviews

The Law of Civilization and Decay has been accused of being a materialistic interpretation of history. I don't see how since the mercantilist/finance money men and the imaginative religious men rule different eras and alternate in their dominance according to Adams. It is true that in their age of d

Brooks Adams' seminal work, "The Law of Civilization and Decay," published in 1895, stands as a pioneering contribution to the field of historical philosophy. In this thought-provoking book, Adams presents a grand historical narrative that seeks to identify patterns of development and decline in civ

This is a hidden gem from a forgotten golden age of American intellectual achievement. While this book is not well known, it is an important read for any student of human civilization who wishes to look at the big picture. I had already developed some of my own ideas in this area, but this book help

The dance of church, state and capital and how different classes of men rise and fall in the tango.