The Early Karl Barth: Historical Contexts and Intellectual Formation 1905-1935

在这本专著中，卡尔·巴特（1886-1968）从1905年到1935年，在他的社会政治、文化、教会和神学背景下呈现。这段时间始于1905年，当时他开始准备一篇关于“社会问题”的演讲。故事在1935年结束，那年他从德国回到瑞士。在这个调查的前景是巴特与他的时代特征的关系，特别是激进的社会主义意识形态，第一次世界大战，后来被称为保守革命的知识分子趋势，德国基督徒，青年改革运动和国家社会主义。巴特对犹太人的看法及其与犹太人的互动也与激进思想、反自由主义、另类主义、反或跨历史主义、表现主义和新客观主义等问题一起进行了分析。二手文献中有争议的具体问题也被讨论，比如第一次世界大战在巴特智力发展中的地位，他在德恩案中的角色，他对欧洲法西斯主义兴起的反应，他与19世纪现代自由新教的关系，他与宗教社会主义者莱昂哈德·拉加兹的关系，以及他与魏玛共和国的关系。借鉴当代历史研究，新出版的巴特作品和信件的批评版本，以及一些档案研究，这本专著提供了一个新的巴特的历史批判分析，挑战了许多在二手文献中流行的观点。

In this monograph Karl Barth (1886-1968) is presented in his sociopolitical, cultural, ecclesial and theological contexts from 1905 to 1935. The time period begins in 1905, as he began preparing for a speech on the "social question". It ends in 1935, the year he returned to Switzerland from Germany. In the foreground of this inquiry is Barth’s relation to the features of his time, especially radical socialist ideology, WWI, an intellectual trend that would later be called the Conservative Revolution, the German Christians, the Young Reformation Movement and National Socialism. Barth’s view of and interaction with the Jews is also analyzed along with other issues, such as radical thinking, anti-liberalism, alterity, anti- or trans-historicism, Expressionism and New Objectivity. Specific questions disputed in the secondary literature are also addressed, such as the place of WWI in Barth’s intellectual development, his role in the Dehn Case, his reaction to the rise of fascism in Europe, his relationship to 19th century modern liberal Protestantism, his relationship to the Leonhard Ragaz-wing of the Religious Socialists and his relationship to the Weimar Republic. Drawing upon contemporary historical research, newly published critical editions of Barth’s works and letters, as well as some archival research, this monograph provides a new historical-critical analysis of Barth that challenges many of the prevailing views in the secondary literature.