Die Conventionellen Lugen der Kulturmenschheit [“Te Conventional Lies of Civilization.”]
AUCTION 44 |
Thursday, June 25th,
2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 213
NORDAU, MAX
Die Conventionellen Lugen der Kulturmenschheit [“Te Conventional Lies of Civilization.”]
Leipzig: B. Elischer 1909
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $400
A practicing physician, Max Nordau (1849-1923) was, together with Theodor Herzl, co-founder of the World Zionist Organization. Nordau served as vice-president of the First through the Sixth Zionist Congresses and as president of the Seventh to Tenth Congresses. See EJ, Vol. XII, cols. 1211-14
Die Conventionellen Lugen was the first of a series of works by Nordau in which he analyzed the mental and moral pathology of modern civilization. See JE, Vol. IX, ppp. 330-32; EJ, Vol. XII, cols. 1211-14