{"product_id":"karl-kraus-apocalyptic-satirist-volume-2-the-postwar-crisis-and-the-rise-of-the-swastika-paperback","title":"Karl Kraus: Apocalyptic Satirist, Volume 2: The Postwar Crisis and the Rise of the Swastika - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Timms\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this second volume of \u003ci\u003eKarl Kraus: Apocalyptic Satirist, \u003c\/i\u003eEdward Timms takes up Kraus's story in November 1918, when the satirist responded to the creation of the new republics with a defiant hope, invoking international law against the dual threat of reactionary politics and irresponsible media. While contemporaries like Walter Benjamin regarded Kraus as heroically isolated, this book places him within a dynamic field of cultural production. Timms highlights the court cases Kraus pursued with his lawyer Oskar Samek and the theatrical projects that earned him Brecht's friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the final section of the book, the author refutes the legend that Kraus responded with stunned silence to Hitler's seizure of power. His career culminated in \u003ci\u003eThird Walpurgis Night, \u003c\/i\u003ean analysis of Nazi ideology that has proved enduringly influential. Timms concludes that Kraus's lifelong critique of the media, combining Orwell's political radicalism with Joyce's linguistic playfulness, incisively anticipates the propaganda techniques of our own age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Timms\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Professor in History at the Centre for German-Jewish Studies, University of Sussex, and a Life Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eKarl Kraus: Apocalyptic Satirist: Culture and Catastrophe in Habsburg Vienna, \u003c\/i\u003epublished by Yale University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 662\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.33 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45310452531302,"sku":"9780300204605","price":162.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/dnNiTG1nOExBNzd1Umw0K21PdFRCZz09.webp?v=1774245026","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/karl-kraus-apocalyptic-satirist-volume-2-the-postwar-crisis-and-the-rise-of-the-swastika-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}