Critique of the German Intelligentsia : Hugo Ball

An historical critique of the German intelligentsia in the First World War. Addresses the cultural and political distinctiveness of the German intelligentsia, the corrupting influence of Germany's intellectual isolation from Western-Europe and America, and its lack of a democratic ethos. Contents Introduction: The Inverted Nationalism of Hugo Ball’s Critique of the German Intelligentsia Notes to Introduction Translator’s Note Preface Foreword: The Principles of an Intellectual Party: Freedom and Sanctification 1. Thomas Münzer Contra Martin Luther 2. Protestant Philosophy and the Concepts of Freedom in the French Revolution 3. Franz von Baader and the Christian Renaissance in France and Russia 4. The German-Jewish Conspiracy to Destroy Morality Epilogue Notes Index