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The Fate of Man in the Modern World

by Nikolai Berdyaev, Boris Jakim

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Sophia Perennis
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

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The great Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948) believed that the dawn of the twentieth century would bring an end to the old atheistic and positivistic worldview and the beginning of a new era of the spirit. His philosophy goes beyond mere rational conceptualization and tries to attain authentic life itself: the profound layers of existence in contact with the divine world. He directed all his efforts-philosophical as well as in his personal and public life-at replacing the kingdom of this world with the kingdom of God. According to him, we can all attempt this by tapping the divine creative powers that constitute our true nature. Our mission is to be collaborators with God in His continuing creation of the world.

In The Fate of Man in the Modern World, distinguished Russian writer Nicolai Berdyaev analyzes the deeper movements of human life in the modern world. Berdyaev sees our age as a time of crisis when momentous decisions for the future of humanity are being taken. In particular, he tries to warn the world of the perils arising from the subordination of human personality under the domination of the state, of the industrial system, and of the growing mechanization of life. He also has much that is vigorous to say about Fascism and Communism.

 "Nikolai Berdyaev's writings are always insightful, penetrating, passionate, committed-expressions of the whole person. They are as intensely alive now as when they were first written."-Richard Pevear, translator of War and Peaceand The Brothers Karamazov

"Nikolai Berdyaev's writings retain their freshness as vehicles for thinking not just about the future of Russia, but about the spiritual challenges facing the modern world."-Paul Vallier, author of Modern Russian Theology: Bukharev, Soloviev, Bulgakov

"Nikolai Berdyaev is one of the few who have found the Christian answer, and yet do not cease to question with those whose lives are still torn asunder by disbelief, doubt, and sufferings; one of the few who dare to be, as thinkers, Christians and, as Christians, thinkers."-Evgeny Lampert, author of The Apocalypse of History

Boris Jakim has translated and edited many books in the field of Russian religious thought. His translations include S. L. Frank's The Unknowable, Pavel Florensky's The Pillar and Ground of the Truth, Vladimir Solovyov's Lectures on Divine Humanity, and Sergius Bulgakov's The Bride of the Lamb.

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  • Author

    Nikolai Berdyaev

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Sophia Perennis

  • Published

    June 2023

  • Weight

    368g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781597311946

  • ISBN-10

    1597311944

  • Eden Code

    6253744

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