Russell Berman is the Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University, with appointments in the Departments of Comparative Literature and German Studies; he is also a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He has long been associated with Telos, currently serving as its editor. His book publications range The Rise of the Modern German Novel: Crisis and Charisma; Modern Culture and Critical Theory: Art, Politics and the Legacy of the Frankfurt School; Cultural Studies of Modern Germany: History, Representation and Nationhood; Enlightenment or Empire: Colonial Discourse in German Culture; Anti-Americanism in Europe: A Cultural Problem; and Fiction Sets You Free: Literature, Liberty and Western Culture.