Modernity, Dr. John Rao argues, had intellectually deconstructed itself as much as possible by the end of the nineteenth century. What was left to do was to deconstruct itself politically and socially and destroy the very building blocks of western life. Nietzsche rejoiced in the disasters he awaited in the 1900's, arguing that they would bring an escape from the absurd historical attempt to find meaning in life. Taken from: The Church of Eugenio Pacelli - 2000 VonHildebrand Institute