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- 1930 (Creation)
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22 pages, typed, with edits in Zuckerkandl's hand in pencil.
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Essay on the search for a meaningful life and the spiritual crisis of the modern age. Writes that the current age has lost the balance required for spiritual satisfaction, focusing only on wealth and speed. This has been blamed on technology, but Zuckerkandl writes that technology is a symptom of the larger machine of capitalism. Capitalism transforms space and time from quality into quantities to be filled. The person who has adapted to capitalism is the "career man," who defines himself in terms of profession and thus finds meaning from external factors rather than within, leading to spiritual apathy. People tolerate this because they have been led to believe in the absolute value of work, without question the goal of the work. The apparent solution, communism, falls short because it also is concerned with mere quantity; a true solution depends on the possibility of genuine spiritual interpersonal connections. Ends with an excerpt from Stefan George's "Das Zeitgedicht." Minor edits in Zuckerkandl's hand to phrasing and punctuation.
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- German
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ONB, Misc100_V_09