The End of the Modern World / Edition 1

by Romano Guardini

Overview

In an extended inquiry into the nature of the modern age, as well as a historical, philosophical, and theological analysis of modernity's prospects in the next millennium, Guardini argues that human beings are responsible moral agents, possessed of free will and answerable to God and their fellow man.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781882926589
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	04/01/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Romano Guardini (1885-1968) was born in Italy but came as a small child to Germany, where he lived the rest of his life. His sermons and writings won him worldwide acclaim, and his admirers included Josef Pieper and Pope Benedict XVI. His many books have influenced generations and include The Lord, The End of the Modern World, The Spirit of the Liturgy, and The World and the Person. Guardini was the recipient of the German publishing industry's Peace Prize in 1952 and the Erasmus Prize in 1962. The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising opened the Cause for Canonization for Guardini in 2017.

Romano Guardini (1885-1968) was born in Italy but came as a small child to Germany, where he lived the rest of his life. His sermons and writings won him worldwide acclaim, and his admirers included Josef Pieper and Pope Benedict XVI. His many books have influenced generations and include The Lord, The End of the Modern World, The Spirit of the Liturgy, and The World and the Person. Guardini was the recipient of the German publishing industry's Peace Prize in 1952 and the Erasmus Prize in 1962. The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising opened the Cause for Canonization for Guardini in 2017.

What People are Saying About This

John Lukacs

This new and extended edition is more than timely; it requires careful reading -- and yes, contemplation -- by those who are willing and able to absorb its theme and contents.

Robert Royal

Once in a great while, a figure arises who seems to scan past, present, and future from some almost timeless mountain peak. Romano Guardini is one of those all-too-rare figures. The publication of an expanded edition of this penetrating Guardini book will provide a whole new generation with a chance to know real wisdom-and the rest of us with a reminder of an inexhaustible treasure. (Robert Royal, editor, A Century of Catholic Social Thought)

Editorial Reviews

[F]ifty years on, [Guardini's analysis] still has resonance because many of the problems he poses about modernity have not been overcome.

Times Literary Supplement

Guardini here contemplates the human condition in the wake of two world wars and numerous other horrors and offers his thoughts in two of his best essays: "The End of The Modern World: A Search for Orientation" and "Power and Responsibility: A Course of Action for The New Age." Pretty heavy stuff, this is more for academic libraries.

Library Journal

"Guardini's analysis...still has resonance, because many of the problems he diagnoses about modernity have not been overcome. Fears of nuclear destruction and totalitarianism may have abated, but fears about the destruction of the planet's ecology by the forces which the modern age unleashed, and anxiety about the direction of mass society, have grown."— Times Literary Supplement "Guardini's book is more than a harsh look at our diseased condition, and quite the opposite of a lament for times past. It is an urgent call to holiness, an inspiring challenge, and an exceptionally important book for a new millennium."— First Things "Guardini's book...stands as a fascinating portrait of the modern contradiction..."— The Chesterton Review "Much of Guardini's analysis, by now forty years old, is prophetic."— New Oxford Review

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