A Foreign Prophet
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In the September-October 2021 issue of Touchstone, Philip LeMasters reviews Solzhenitsyn and American Culture (subscription required).
“Overall, the volume challenges readers to consider how the relationship between Solzhenitsyn and the West reflects a multifaceted philosophical, literary, and religious context. It invites Americans to question facile assumptions about freedom, rights, progress, and consumerism that have obscured the most fundamental matter of all: what it means to live as a human being before God.
Characterized by impressive scholarship, thoughtful analysis, and clear organization, Solzhenitsyn and American Culture will be widely recognized as an indispensable guide for those who are unafraid to allow the Russian prophet to call them and their society into question. One can only hope that we all do so before it is too late.”