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Jaeho Kang Editor & Author

Siegfried Kracauer (1889–1966) was a German Jewish social theorist, journalist, and critic. After the Nazis’ accession to power, he left Germany for Paris and emigrated to the United States in 1941. His books include The Mass Ornament, The Salaried Masses, From Caligari to Hitler, and Theory of Film.

Jaeho Kang is an associate professor of communication at Seoul National University.

Graeme Gilloch is a professor of sociology at Lancaster University.

John Abromeit is a professor of history at the State University of New York, Buffalo State.