The Conventional Lies of Our Civilization

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The Conventional Lies of Our Civilization

work by Nordau

Also known as: “Die conventionellen Lügen der Kulturmenschheit”

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…conventionellen Lügen der Kulturmenschheit (The Conventional Lies of Our Civilization), a vitriolic attack on the inadequacy of 19th-century institutions to meet human needs; he took a particularly harsh look at organized religion. Banned in Russia and Austria, the book nevertheless was translated into numerous languages and went into some…
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