Madness and Morality
Abstract
Karl Kraus (1874-1936), Austrian critic, journalist, and poet, started to publish in his early twenties and, when only twenty-five, founded and edited the periodical Die Fackel (The Torch ). This review was first largely, and later entirely, written by him. The main objects of Kraus’s satire were the middle classes and the “liberal” press. One of his students appraised him in these words: “Karl Kraus did not ‘open any eyes.’ But what is more important and more difficult, he taught open eyes to see.” (“Karl Kraus hat niemanden ‘die Augen geöffnet.’ Er hat, was wichtiger und schwieriger ist, offene Augen sehen gelehrt …”) *
Fields of Study & Subjects
German Literature and Culture Studies
Modernist Literature and Criticism
Mental Health and Psychiatry
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 127–141
- Publication date
- 11 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter