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  • Paperback: 123 pages
  • Publisher: Saint Herman Pr; 2 Reprint edition (December 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1887904069
  • ISBN-13: 978-1887904063
  • Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 6.2 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsDiagnosing Modernity
By Confessor on July 18, 2006
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When he was still a catechumen of the Russian Church Abroad, long before he became Fr. Seraphim, Eugene Rose had a grand conception, which was a work to be entitled "The Kingdom of Man and the Kingdom of God"; it was to be a spiritual history of Mankind, and a comprehensive contrast between two disparate world-views, that which places its hope on the ability of Humanity to master itself and its environment, and that which places its hope soley on God, and looks to the advent of the heavenly kingdom at the end of this age as the only solution to the world's problems. Like most incredibly ambitious projects, it failed to be completed; all that came of it was a large pile of notes and one finished chapter. After his early death at the age of forty-eight, that chapter was published as "Nihilism".

After becoming a monk, Fr. Seraphim lost all interest in philosophical discourse as an end in itself, and his writing became much more down-to-earth, and focused entirely on "pastoral" concerns, though he continued to utilise his incisive intellect and profound scholarship in adressing these concerns. He refused to have this book published during his life, though urged to do so by a brother monk. Perhaps it was an ego thing with him, and he didn't want the temptation to intellectual pride that might result from its publication, but the work also seems very dark and heavy to many readers, so perhaps he didn't want to risk darkening any spirits in our already dark and oppresive times. I think it must remain an open question whether the author of this work would have been pleased by its publication.

For myself, I am glad the decision to publish was made; more than any other work, this book helped coalesce my view of intellectual history, bringing meaning to things before unclear to me.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsHighly Illuminating
By thefifthseal on December 8, 2002
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Father Seraphim (Eugene Rose) could write about this pernicious spirit, the spirit of nihilism, because he lived intoxicated by it himself. This brief expose describes that which drives modernity and is really a sign post for those genuinely searching for Truth from a philosophical angle. It will really only be interesting for those with a philosophical bent as it is rather 'brainy' in its whole premise. The author describes the philosophy from his Orthodox Christian worldview, he describes a modern, worldwide, cultural, philosophical, spiritual formation that can only be understood as a clear indicator of the world's place in history now, a time refered to in the Holy Scriptures as the Apostasy. Something I found interesting was Father Seraphim's reference to Hitler as simply a 'magician.' Nazi Germany (as well as the communist experiments) for Father Seraphim, was a massive and shocking manifestation of the spirit of nihilistic praxis, a manifestation that will culminate at the end of time in the person of the antichrist, who will also have magical, demonic powers to manipulate his following. Father Seraphim's book teaches us of the present to remind us of Truth, and warns us of the future, a darker, and more malignant image of today. It's worth the read, if you are inclined.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Biography of Modernity
By Sky Light Mine on September 9, 2010
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It has been a while since I read this, but it left such a deep mark that I felt compelled to write a review. Even though the reviews thus far have expressed well the power in this work, I only wanted to mention that, in my case, I could not help but feel exposed by his insights. I felt like he described me, though not as I would like to see myself. The incipient nihilism that lurks below stated ideals is what it seems to me Father Seraphim is aiming at. His desire is not so much to attack an explicit philosophy of nihilism, but to expose and diagnose the lifestyle-nihilism that most of us live with. Quite to my astonishment I felt compelled to repent of my own atheism, though I never really realized I was atheist, nor would I have desired to be. I simply realized that I swallowed the modern faithless worldview and ignorantly and unconsciously lived out its ideals. Of this I am ashamed, and am thankful to God and Father Seraphim Rose for showing me not just the darkness lurking in the world, but also the darkness lurking in my own heart.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA physician diagnoses post-modern ills
By Teófilo de Jesús on July 3, 2006
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I "met" Fr. Seraphim Rose, of blessed memory, through several books and short articles he wrote during my 4-year soujourn in Eastern Orthodoxy. This one on Nihilism is his best.

Now, Fr. Seraphim Rose spent his hieromonastic life in a very conservative (some may say traditionalist, others may say truly orthodox) body called the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. After a life of intellectual pursuits and even dabbling into Buddhism, Eugene Rose converted to Orthodoxy and joined this ecclesial body and then co-founded a monastic community in California. Fr. Rose was deeply infuenced by traditional Russian Orthodox spirituality and mysticism, particularly that of the elders or "staretsi" of the Optina Monastery.

The quality of Fr. Seraphim Rose's work is uneven, at times truly erudite, at times approaching the tendency for shrill overstatement that characterizes so much of the Christian-Orthodox-Catholic ultra-traditionalist camps. Thankfully, Nihilism is mostly free from this tendency.

Fr. Seraphim followed a physician's approach in his Nihilism: first, he studied and described the symptoms, then he identified the underlying causes, then he prescribed a cure. The Introduction set the scope of Fr. Seraphim's critique of the modern age:

"What is the Nihilism in which we have seen the root of the Revolution of the modern age? The answer, at first thought, does not seem difficult; several obvious examples of it spring immediately to mind.Read more ›
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It was way too theoretical. I was hoping to learn something about Nihilism but instead it seems more like a sermon or spiritual double-speak. Read more

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Published 17 months ago by Br. Anthony
5.0 out of 5 starsGood information that lays our the problems in our era ...

Good information that lays our the problems in our era and the events in history that produced the mess we are now living in.

Published 23 months ago by John F. Reeder
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent review of modern Nihilsm

Rose is an Orthodox Christian, so he filters Modern Nihilism through his Orthodox Faith. Which, for me, was a refreshing outlook. Read more

Published on November 10, 2013 by Paul J. Evans
5.0 out of 5 starsThe search for the truth continues

This book is an exploration of all that is not truth. It serves to better define for the reader the ways that the truth is obscured in today's world.

Published on July 15, 2013 by Ed LaFontaine
4.0 out of 5 starsgood book, polemical tone

This book is a passionate (occasionally scathing) critique of modern culture and the rise of nihilism among people in the modern age. Read more

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Seraphim Rose was a monk who became increasingly concerned with the path modern western civilisation was taking. Read more

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