Essays in understanding, 1930-1954
(Book)

"What remains? : the language remains" : a conversation with Günter Gaus -- Augustine and Protestantism -- Philosophy and sociology -- Søren Kierkegaard -- Friedrich von Gentz -- Berlin Salon -- On the emancipation of women -- Franz Kafka : a revaluation -- Foreign affairs in the foreign-language press -- Approaches to the "German problem" -- Organized guilt and universal responsibility -- Nightmare and flight -- Dilthey as philosopher and historian -- The seeds of a fascist International -- Christianity and revolution -- Power politics triumphs -- No longer and not yet -- What is existential philosophy? -- French existentialism -- The ivory tower of common sense -- The image of hell -- The nation -- Dedication to Karl Jaspers -- Rand School lecture -- Religion and the intellectuals -- Social science techniques and the study of concentration camps -- The aftermath of Nazi rule : report from Germany --

The eggs speak up

At table with Hitler

Mankind and terror

Understanding and politics (the difficulties of understanding)

On the nature of totalitarianism : an essay in understanding

Heidegger the fox

Understanding Communism

Religion and politics

The ex-Communists

A reply to Eric Voegelin

Dream and nightmare

Europe and the atom bomb

The threat of conformism

Concern with politics in recent European philosophical thought.