That too...`It feels like a hit piece on him.
Yes, it does. I have to wonder if anyone else in the world really cares that much :-). I've seen an occasional two- or three-paragraph excerpt from Balthasar, but never purchased a book ... and I'm a fairly serious consumer of theological literature, compared to the rest of the world.
It reminds me of the saying about academic battles, "The wars are so vicious because the stakes are so small."