Moscow, Moscow School of Political Studies, 2000, pp. 320, hard cover
This book by Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), a brilliant British author who is widely known in this country with his novels (Chrome Yellow, Point Counter Point, Brave New World) and books on mysticism (The Perennial Philosophy), was translated into Russian for the first time, it combines the achievements of Huxley as a novel writer and Huxley as a thinker.
This book contemplates the life of monk Joseph, an assistant of Cardinal Richilieu who played a crucial role in the European politics of the Thirty Years’ War. Politics and mysticism; individual piety and political mercilessness; high goals and cruel means are the central topics of this book addressed to all those who think about the European history, about the relations between morals and politics, on the compatibility of individual morals and government interests.
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