# On “The Crux of the Social Question”

*Announcement for the book trade 1919*

In this book, the social question is treated on the basis of the real life demands of the present and in view of the historical world situation revealed in the loudly spoken facts. Any utopian character is avoided and only possible solutions are discussed that lie in the realm of the immediately possible. For the author, the social question is an economic, legal and spiritual question; he seeks to approach it from all sides through this three-pronged approach. He believes that the only way out of the current turmoil is to recognize what is really needed for human development. The world catastrophe teaches us that we should also find the courage and strength to come up with ideas that break with tradition in the broadest sense. Anyone who reads this book and only wants to find long-standing customs in it will hardly get what they want. Those who want to read about the living conditions of the social future of humanity will find much.