Ordeal of Civilization

The Passing of the Modern Age By John Lukacs

Harper, 222 pp., $7.95 On the Right there are a number of distinguished critics of our civilization. To this group we must now add the name of John Lukacs. His book, a strong indictment of our world and a tentative projection of what may be ahead of it, represents a considerable achievement. It is not bloated with hatred as the criticisms of the energumens of the Left are, nor shriveled by the extreme ascesis of the work of a man like Friedrich Georg Juenger, nor flawed by the histrionic exaggerations of Orwell’s dystopia. Nevertheless, for Lukacs our civilization is in its death throes and what lies ahead of it may be a new dark age.

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The Passing of the Modern Age By John Lukacs

Harper, 222 pp., $7.95 On the Right there are a number of distinguished critics of our civilization. To this group we must now add the name of John Lukacs. His book, a strong indictment of our world and a tentative projection of what may be ahead of it, represents a considerable achievement. It is not bloated with hatred as the criticisms of the energumens of the Left are, nor shriveled by the extreme ascesis of the work of a man like Friedrich Georg Juenger, nor flawed by the histrionic exaggerations of Orwell’s dystopia. Nevertheless, for Lukacs our civilization is in its death throes and what lies ahead of it may be a new dark age.