Max Nordau
Max Simon Nordau (born Simon Maximilian Südfeld; July 29, 1849 – January 23, 1923), was a Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic.
He was a co-founder of the World Zionist Organization together with Theodor Herzl, and president or vice president of several Zionist congresses.
As a social critic, he wrote a number of controversial books, including The Conventional Lies of Our Civilisation (1883), Degeneration (1892), and Paradoxes (1896). Although not his most popular or successful work whilst alive, the book most often remembered and cited today is Degeneration. He is also the namesake of a BBYO chapter in Kansas City, Kansas: The Nordaunian AZA #22.
Read more about Max Nordau: Biography, Degeneration, World Zionist Congress, Works, Literature
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