Reinhold Grimm is on the board of The Germany Library and lives in Riverside, CA.

• Foreword: John SimonIntroduction: Reinhold GrimmPart One: Literature and the Media1. The Industrialization of the MindTranslated by the author2. Poetry and PoliticsTranslated by Michael Roloff3. Commonplaces on the Newest LiteratureTranslated by Michael Roloff4. Constituents of a Theory of the MediaTranslated by Stuart HoodPart Two: Politics and HistoryTranslated by Michael Roloff1. Toward a Theory of Treason2. Reflections before a Glass Cage3. Las Casas, or A Look Back into the Future4. Berlin CommonplacesPart Three: Sociology and Ecology1. Tourists of the RevolutionTranslated by Michael Roloff2. A Critique of Political EcologyTranslated by Stuart Hood3. On the Inevitability of the Middle Classes: A Sociological CapriceTranslated by Judith Ryan4. Two Notes on the End of the WorldTranslated by David FernbachNotes