On Resistance to Evil by Force

Illyn sytematically takes the reader through a coherent and convincing definition of evil, and sets the reader up to acknowledge their part in combating it. A transformative read.

This work is so thoroughly opposed to the modern Western world it would be burned if it were more widely known. Highly recommended.Edit: This book is so threatening that Amazon has required me to reset my password multiple times for 'security reasons' since I posted this review. Buy this now before Amazon bans it.

Tolstoy wrote some entertaining books, but he was completely wrong on religion. One must not passively accept one's fate. That's not what God wants. Man is expected to fight evil, not "embrace the suck." Yes, this book lays out a convincing argument.Not for the weak.

I had high expectations for this book given the author's background as someone who was a liberal member of Russia's intelligentsia who should have learned a brutally hard lesson from the Bolshevik revolution and been able to present a substantial, reality based analysis of the topic. My mistake. The author delivers up a meandering, overly abstract and intellectualized response to Tolstoy, not Bolshevism and godless materialism. Better suited for a late 19th century Russian salon than to a world facing an onslaught of neo-Bolshevism and materialism infected with demonic transhumanism.

Great book, Ilyin touches on poignant truths that some consider controversial. The fact that people find his prose controversial proves he touched nerves, opens ears and forces people to think. Agreement is a moot point, consideration however is not! Read it! It will make you go Hmmm.