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L'écrivain renommé Gustav von Aschenbach, en proie à une crise créative, entreprend un voyage pour se ressourcer. Dès son arrivée, il est captivé par la beauté exceptionnelle d'un jeune adolescent polonais. Le jour suivant, il aperçoit à nouveau le garçon, prénommé Tadzio, sur la plage en compagnie de sa famille. Cette rencontre marque le début d'une obsession grandissante pour Aschenbach, qui se trouve profondément troublé par la présence de cet être d'une rare beauté.

In "The Eternal Return of Fascism", Rob Riemen explores the theoretical weakness of fascism, which depends on a politics of resentment, the incitement of anger and fear, xenophobia, the need for scapegoats, and its hatred of the life of the mind. He draws on history and philosophy as well as the essays and novels of Thomas Mann and Albert Camus to explain the global resurgence of fascism, often disguised by its false promises of ushering in freedom and greatness.

Dive into Thomas Mann’s monumental novel that captures the essence of a crumbling, corrupted European society on the brink of the First World War. Set against the backdrop of a lavish sanatorium nestled in the Swiss Alps, we encounter a rich tapestry of characters from the bourgeois elite, each battling ailments and seeking a cure while indulging in the fleeting pleasures of life. Amidst the specter of illness, pain, and mortality, Mann weaves a narrative that is part surreal comedy, part haunting tragedy, and part profound philosophical exploration. This novel stands as one of the pivotal ...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, novelist and essayist Thomas Mann expresses appreciation that time gives humanity a sense of life’s value in "Life Grows in the Soil of Time", his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series. This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that...