The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times is René Guénon's final and...

The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times is René Guénon's final and most prophetic book, a critique of modernity based on traditional metaphysics, arguing that history is a decline from "Quality" (spiritual) to "Quantity" (material). Published in 1945, it explains the modern world's materialistic deviation, focusing on how modern science, philosophy, and the idea of progress have led to industrial and democratic society, and predicts an "inverted quality" or "counter-initiation" before the end of the current cycle (Kali Yuga).