Masks of the Prophet
''When the name "Hitler" is mentioned, nothing occurs to me'' – so said Karl Kraus. For this leading Viennese Jewish critic and intellectual the touchstone of art was ethics. How could he be speechless in the face of a threat to all that ethics means?
To answer this question, the author makes a detailed chronological study of Kraus''s intellectual activity as reflected in his work on the theatre. T...
''When the name "Hitler" is mentioned, nothing occurs to me'' – so said Karl Kraus. For this leading Viennese Jewish critic and intellectual the touchstone of art was ethics. How could he be speechless in the face of a threat to all that ethics means?
To answer this question, the author makes a detailed chronological study of Kraus''s intellectual activity as reflected in his work on the theatre. T...
