The Crisis of the Modern World

<p><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In this landmark work René Guénon offers a penetrating diagnosis of the spiritual and intellectual disintegration at the heart of modern Western civilization. The Crisis of the Modern World traces the roots of contemporary chaos to a fundamental rupture with traditional metaphysical principles replaced by materialism relativism and the cult of progress.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Guénon contrasts the modern worldview with the timeless wisdom of traditional societies in which knowledge was rooted in the sacred and life was oriented toward transcendent truth. With clear-eyed precision he exposes the illusions of modernity while pointing to the perennial principles that can guide a genuine restoration of order-both within the individual and the world.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Provocative and prophetic this book remains as relevant today as when it was first published. </span><em style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The Crisis of the Modern World</em><span style=color: rgba(102 102 102 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the deeper causes of today's global turmoil and the path beyond it.</span></p>