1: The Consciousness of German Guilt

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The Zero Hour 1
5. 1: The Consciousness of German Guilt 21
6. 2: The Writer, the Conscience, and Absolute Presence 71
7. 3: Two Kinds of Emigration 90
8. 4: The Property of the Nation 115
9. 5: Yogis and Commissars 142
10. 6: A German Generation Gap? 170
11. 7: The Darkening of Consciousness 208
12. Postscript: Revisiting the Zero Hour 241
13. Works Cited 263
14. Index 285