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These essays by eminent European intellectual and cultural historian Anson Rabinbach address the writings of key figures in twentieth-century German philosophy. Rabinbach explores their ideas in relation to the two world wars and the horrors facing Europe at that time. Analyzing the work of Benjamin and Bloch, he suggests their indebtedness to the traditions of Jewish messianism. In a discussion of Hugo Ball's little-known Critique of the German Intelligentsia, Rabinbach reveals the curious intellectual career of the Dadaist and antiwar activist turned-nationalist and anti-Semite. His examination of Heidegger's "Letter on Humanism" and Jaspers's The Question of German Guilt illuminates the complex and often obscure political referents of these texts. Turning to Horkheimer and Adorno's Dialectic of Enlightenment, Rabinbach offers an arresting new interpretation of this central text of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School. Subtly and persuasively argued, his book will become an indispensable reference point for all concerned with twentieth-century German history and thought.

Arts and society --- Enlightenment --- Jews --- Germany --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Arts --- Arts and sociology --- Society and the arts --- Sociology and the arts --- Aufklärung --- Eighteenth century --- Philosophy, Modern --- Rationalism --- History --- Intellectual life. --- Intellectual life --- Social aspects --- Weimar Republic, Germany, 1918-1933 --- Politics and government --- 20th century --- 1918-1933 --- Political science. --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Jewish learning and scholarship --- activism. --- adorno. --- anti semitism. --- anti war. --- benjamin. --- bloch. --- critical theory. --- critique of the german intelligentsia. --- dadaism. --- dialectic of enlightenment. --- europe. --- frankfurt school. --- german history. --- german philosophy. --- heidegger. --- history. --- horkheimer. --- hugo ball. --- interwar period. --- jasper. --- jewish intellectuals. --- jewish messianism. --- letter on humanism. --- messiah. --- messianic. --- nationalism. --- nonfiction. --- philosophy. --- question of german guilt. --- social theory. --- world war one. --- world war two. --- ww1. --- ww2.