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Menno ter Braak

Born

in Eibergen, Netherlands

January 26, 1902

Died

May 15, 1940

Website

http://www.mennoterbraak.nl

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Menno ter Braak was a Dutch writer and literary critic, considered the Netherlands’ most important essayist and cultural critic during the Interbellum period. His shrewd intellect and challenging of preciousness in art earned him the title of the ‘conscience of Dutch literature’.

Together with friend and collaborator Edgar du Perron he founded the influential literary magazine “Forum”, which called for a rejection of contemporary aestheticism, as well as the Committee of Vigilance of anti-National Socialist Intellectuals.

In 1937, Ter Braak wrote what today stands as one of the most scathingly perceptive indictments of the Nazi movement, “National Socialism as a Doctrine of Rancour”, in which he expressed his urgent concern for the growing p ...more

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	Het nationaal-socialisme als rancuneleer 3.94 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 1937 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hampton Court 3.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1931 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dr. Dumay verliest... 3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1933 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Politicus Zonder Partij 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1934 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het Carnaval Der Burgers 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1930 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Démasqué der Schoonheid 3.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1932 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Verzameld werk by Menno ter Braak, M. van Crevel (Editor), H.A. Gomperts (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1949 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Draagbare Ter Braak by Menno ter Braak, Eep Francken (Editor) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Verzameld Werk (1949-1951) (7 books)
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H.A. Gomperts (Editor),

G.H. 's Gravesande (Editor)

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“Zoo vielen in 1933 de Duitsche intellectueelen om, zoo zouden ook de Nederlandsche intellectueelen kunnen omvallen, wanneer het troepje raté's zich meester wist te maken van de macht, dank zij het algemeen kiesrecht of dank zij een staatsgreep; beide middelen, die, hoe weinig zij den kieskeurigen intellectueelen ook mogen toelachen, bij uitstek geschikt zijn om raté's tot tyrannen te verheffen.”
― Menno ter Braak, Het nationaal-socialisme als rancuneleer

tags: fascisme, nationaal-socialisme, nazisme, nederlands, tweede-wereldoorlog

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“Zonder ‘wij’ geen phrasen en geen sonnetten. Zonder ‘wij’ geen oorlogen en geen apostelen. Bij ‘wij’ bestaat de wereld en door ‘wij’ wil zij voortdurend vergaan.”
― Menno ter Braak, Het Carnaval Der Burgers

tags: nederlands, nederlandse-literatuur

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“Zo is de zogenaamde rassenleer de fraseologische voorgevel voor het op de eeuwige zondebok, de Jood, geprojecteerde ressentiment; de haat is primair, de Jodenhaat is secundair, de ‘wetenschappelijk’ argumentatie is tertiair.”
― Menno ter Braak, Het nationaal-socialisme als rancuneleer

tags: argumenten, haat, nationaal-socialisme

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