Als Fortsetzung zu "Die conventionellen Lügen der Kulturmenschheit " erschien 1885 Paradoxe der conventionellen Lügen, worin Themen wie Leidenschaft und Vorurteile, sozialer Druck und die Macht der Liebe zur Sprache kamen. Auch dieses Buch wurde mehrmals herausgegeben und übersetzt.
Max Simon Nordau (born Simon Maximilian Südfeld), 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, Degeneration is the book most often remembered and cited today.