Critique of the German Intelligentsia

In his scathing polemic first published in 1919, philosopher, dramatist, and theatrical producer Ball (1886-1927) lays the blame for the German disaster of World War I at the feet of German philosophers. Luther, Kant, Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche, he says, together created a morally bankrupt modern ideology, isolated from democratic and liberal trends in western Europe and America, and steeped in traditions of dynastic absolutism and militarism. The notes and introduction are translated from the 1981 German edition. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.