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Interesting to see Mann's evolution towards (maybe even during the writing of) Der Zauberberg (1924)? (good thing he wasn't the inspiration for Orwell's 2-minu
by 082349872349872 2y ago
Interesting to see Mann's evolution towards (maybe even during the writing of) Der Zauberberg (1924)?
(good thing he wasn't the inspiration for Orwell's 2-minute hate; that guy would've had a much harder time backtracking)
- vinnyvichy 2y agoI didn't read this as backtracking, more like saving a sidequest he was playing. Wiki said he interrupted DZ to write this so presumably he knew he had to split out the illiberal parts of his worldview somehow. (Moral hedging, with a side of market segmentation?)