Podcast appearances and mentions of Thomas Mann

På bokmässan i Göteborg nu i september lanseras en ny översättning av Nya testamentet, och med anledning av det kretsar ett antal artiklar i det aktuella numret av Signum kring Bibeln. Bland annat skriver Henrik Williams om den översättning av Nya testamentet som kom redan 1526 – ”den viktigaste bok som någonsin utkommit i Sverige”, skriver Willams. Jonas Holmstrand frågar sig i sin artikel huruvida tiden är mogen för en ny översättning. Susanne Nordhofen skriver om Thomas Manns romaner om Josef och hans bröder. Och Niklas Rådström, aktuell med romanen ”Judas hågkomster”, skriver om sitt förhållande till de bibliska texterna. Även Eric Schüldts essä utifrån Horace Engdahls bok ”Själen och musiken” samt John Sjögrens text om hemkomst och hemlöshet i Christian Krachts författarskap berörs i avsnittet.

Deutsche Geschichte! Deutsche Filmstars! Oscar-Buzz! Meisterwerk! Pawel Pawlikowskis neuer Film Vaterland produziert seit seiner Premiere im Mai in Cannes viel Aufsehen und Begeisterung. Sandra Hüller und Hanns Zischler spielen darin Erika und Thomas Mann, die 1949 zum ersten Mal nach Jahren im Exil nach Deutschland zurückkehren – oder besser gesagt: in zwei Deutschlands, die auf sehr unterschiedliche Weisen versuchen, die Verbrechen der Nazis und ihrer Unterstützer hinter sich zu lassen. An den Kinokassen ist Vaterland, der am 3. September gestartet ist, bereits ein Hit – und bei der neuesten FRAMING-Runde? Mit dem Buchautor Jan Jekal und den Filmkritikern Andreas Busche und Matthias Dell diskutiert Hannah Pilarczyk, welchen Blick der Pole Pawlikowski auf die deutsch-deutsche Geschichte wirft, wo er sich erzählerische Freiheiten herausnimmt und wo er Konventionen des Edel-Arthouse-Kinos bedient. Außerdem spürt die Runde der Frage nach: Wie geht es uns mit Peak-Sandra Hüller?Der FRAMING-Newsletter: Alle zwei Wochen verschicken wir einen Newsletter, mit dem wir das Film- und Kulturgeschehen begleiten und euch mit FRAMING-News, Empfehlungen und Texten versorgen. Abonniert den Newsletter ⁠hier⁠⁠.FRAMING unterstützen: Wir verzichten auf Werbung und Paywalls, freuen uns dafür umso mehr über jede freiwillige Unterstützung. Wenn euch unsere Arbeit einen kleinen Betrag im Monat wert ist, dann könnt ihr uns ⁠hier⁠ supporten.Feedback und Vorschläge? Schreibt uns einfach eine ⁠MailUnd so geht es durch die Folge:(00:00:00) Begrüßung und Einführung(00:03:50) Vorgehensweise des Films (00:07:44) Umgang mit der Vorgeschichte der Familie Mann (00:14:50) Internationale oder deutsche Perspektive?(00:18:40) Figuren, Stargesichter, Sandra Hüller(00:20:28) Ist der Film interessant?(00:24:45) Thomas Mann zwischen den Staaten(00:26:29) Framing-Hinweise(00:27:40) Andere Künstlerfiguren im Film (00:34:04) Wer hätte den Stoff auch bearbeiten können? (00:36:46) Tod, Musik & die feiste BRD (00:39:55) Das Ende des Films (00:40:40) Letzte HinweiseWo den Film sehen?Vaterland läuft seit dem 3. September 2026 in den deutschen Kinos. Eine Übersicht über Screenings in eurer Nähe findet ihr hier.Material zur FolgeJan Jekal: Paranoia in Hollywood. Wie die USA exilierte Künstler erst retteten und dann verfolgten 1941–1953Letzte HinweiseJenny Erpenbeck: Aller Tage AbendDas GEGENkino-Festival in Leipzig (10. bis 20. September 2026)Valeria Gordeev: Die Zikade entschlüpft ihrer goldglänzenden HülleMy Summer of Love (Pawel Pawlikowski)Folgt unsFolgt FRAMING bei Instagram, BlueSky und auf FacebookLest Matthias Dell bei ZEIT Online & hört ihn im Deutschlandfunk KulturFolgt Jan Jekal bei Instagram und hört seinen Podcast “Rolling Stone Weekly”Lest Andreas Busche beim TagesspiegelLest Hannah Pilarczyk beim ⁠⁠⁠Spiegel⁠⁠

Bücher der Sendung:Shida Bazyar: "Die Lücken"Gerade wurde bekannt, dass dieser Roman auf der Shortlist für den Deutschen Buchpreis steht: als Anwärter für einen der fünf besten Romane des Jahres. Er spielt in dem fiktiven Dorf Heimesbach im Hunsrück. Es ist kein Geheimnis, dass Hermeskeil, Shida Bayzars Heimatstadt, dafür Pate gestanden hat. Es geht um das Schweigen nach den Verbrechen im Nationalsozialismus, die im Titel erwähnten "Lücken", die dieses Schweigen produziert und die Verantwortung, die es bedeutet, an einem solchen Ort zu leben. Leonie Berger hat das Buch gelesen und die Autorin getroffen.Hans Woller: "Thomas Mann. Ein politisches Leben." Der Film "Vaterland" sorgt derzeit für volle Kinosäle. Das Interesse an deutscher Geschichte, an Identität und an der Frage, wie Intellektuelle auf politische Krisen reagieren, scheint ungebrochen. Passend dazu ist eine neue Thomas-Mann-Biografie erschienen: "Thomas Mann. Ein politisches Leben" von dem Historiker Hans Woller. Jan Schönfelder hat das Buch gelesen und auch auf die Frage geantwortet: Brauchen wir wirklich noch eine weitere Thomas-Mann-Biografie?Monika Maron: "Vier Minuten"Die Autorin wurde in den 90er-Jahren durch ihren Roman "Flugasche" bekannt – das Buch über Umweltzerstörungen durfte in der DDR nicht erscheinen. Seitdem war sie Autorin des S. Fischer Verlags in Frankfurt am Main. Der beendete vor einigen Jahren die Zusammenarbeit mit ihr wegen vermeintlich politisch unkorrekter Aussagen zu Migration und Islam – was zu einer heftigen Feuilleton-Debatte führte. Die Autorin wurde im Juni dieses Jahres 85 Jahre alt. Vor Kurzem sind ihre Tagebücher erschienen. Und nun ein neuer Roman. Dirk Fuhrig stellt ihn vor.Marcus Andreas Mohr: "#verhaftet. Eine Ortsbegehung"Marcus Andreas Mohr ist Fotograf und Medienkünstler, Autor, Lyriker und arbeitet der Schnittstelle zwischen Bild, Text und Erinnerung: "Vielleicht ist Kunst nichts anderes als die Verwandlung von Verhaftung in Freiheit – und das Erzählen nichts anderes als der Versuch, diese Freiheit zu teilen." Dieser Erkenntnis liegt seine eigene Geschichte zugrunde, die ihn 1987 mit 15 Jahren für acht Wochen in eine Untersuchungshaftanstalt in Halle (Saale) brachte. Nun hat er diesen Ort noch einmal in Fotografien festgehalten und mit Texten kompiliert zu einem beeindruckenden Band. Im Gespräch erzählt er von dem künstlerischen Gang in die Vergangenheit. Books by People – Ein Siegel für menschengemachte Literatur Wie sollen wir in Zukunft wissen, ob wir ein menschengemachtes oder ein mit KI generiertes Buch lesen? Ein Siegel, das in Großbritannien entwickelt wird, soll Abhilfe schaffen. Lisa-Maria Röhling berichtet aus London.

Literaturnobelpreisträger Thomas Mann kommt 1949 mit seiner Tochter Erika zum ersten Mal seit Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs nach Deutschland zurück. Davon erzählt "Vaterland" von Paweł Pawlikowsk. Der Schwarz-Weiß-Film ist dank Sandra Hüller großes Kino, findet Filmkritikerin Anna Wollner im Gespräch mit SWR Aktuell-Moderator Bernhard Seiler.

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Vaterland | Road Trip mit Thomas Mann: Wie gut ist der neue Film mit Sandra Hüller? Mit „Vaterland“ bringt Regisseur und Oscar-Preisträger Paweł Pawlikowski die Rückkehr von Thomas Mann auf die große Leinwand. Jahre nach seiner Emigration reist der Literaturnobelpreisträger (Hanns Zischler) gemeinsam mit seiner Tochter Erika Mann (Sandra Hüller) durch das vom Kalten Krieg geprägte Deutschland. Die Route führt von Frankfurt bis nach Weimar und entwickelt sich zu einer bewegenden Auseinandersetzung mit Erinnerung, Heimat und den Folgen des Zweiten Weltkriegs. In eindrucksvollen Schwarz-Weiß-Bildern erzählt Pawlikowski diese Geschichte und schafft eine besondere Atmosphäre. Ob das historische Drama auch darüber hinaus überzeugt, besprechen Kenny und Lida im Podcast zu "Vaterland". Der Film startet am 3. September in den deutschen Kinos. Viel Spaß mit der neuen Folge vom Tele-Stammtisch! Trailer Werdet Teil unserer Community und besucht unseren Discord-Server! Dort oder auch auf Instagram könnt ihr mit uns über Filme, Serien und vieles mehr sprechen. Website | Youtube | PayPal | BuyMeACoffee Großer Dank und Gruß für das Einsprechen unseres Intros geht raus an Engelbert von Nordhausen. Thank you very much to BASTIAN HAMMER for the orchestral part of the intro! I used the following sounds of freesound.org: 16mm Film Reel by bone666138 wilhelm_scream.wav by Syna-Max backspin.wav by il112 Crowd in a bar (LCR).wav by Leandros.Ntounis Short Crowd Cheer 2.flac by qubodup License (Copyright): Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Hanns Zischler ist in Bewegung: Seit den 1970er Jahren steht er vor der Kamera, arbeitete in Filmproduktionen von Wim Wenders, Peter Handke, Peter Lilienthal. Der Film "Im Lauf der Zeit" von Wim Wenders machte ihn 1976 bekannt, auch international. Es folgten Filme mit Claude Chabrol, Andrew Birkin. Neben seiner äußerst produktiven Filmarbeit schreibt Hanns Zischler Bücher. Er schreibt Romane, Sachbücher, beschäftigt sich mit Literatur, Architektur oder Philosophie. "Berlin ist zu groß für Berlin", "Kafka geht ins Kino" oder seine Übersetzung der Graphic Novel "Die drei Leben der Hannah Arendt" von Ken Krimstein wurden viel beachtet.Jetzt ist Hanns Zischler mit Sandra Hüller in Pawel Pawlikowskis Film "Vaterland" zu sehen. Ein Film, der in Cannes bereits mit der Silbernen Palme ausgezeichnet und über den in den Feuilletons schon viel gesprochen wurde, der von Thomas Manns Reise durch das tief gezeichnete, erschütterte Nachkriegseuropa handelt. Bevor "Vaterland" in die deutschen Kinos kommt, ist Hanns Zischler zu Gast bei NDR Kultur à la carte.

“Hitler had to abolish democracy to take over Berlin.” — Wendy Lesser “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I Am a Berliner), JFK famously said in West Berlin on June 26, 1963, in the face of Soviet imperial tyranny. Today, Wendy Lesser is offering the same defiance in her new book Berlin Before and After. Only Lesser offers a cautionary mirror for our times of not just post-Soviet Putin but also wannabe-tyrants like Trump. Lesser's loving portrait of Berlin is of a free city. She reminds us that even in Germany's darkest hour, Berlin never actually went Nazi. The city voted left up to and including 1933, so Hitler had to abolish democracy to take it over. Nor, Lesser argues, was Nazism a reaction to Weimar Berlin's Cabaret-style nightlife, any more than Trump is a reaction to wokeness. Economic forces, not cultural ones, she insists, enable dictators. Today's Berlin, as a city that memorializes its own crimes, offers America an urban lesson in acknowledging historical guilt. That's what makes Berlin such a defiant beacon of freedom in our authoritarian age. There are more urbane cities than Berlin, but none quite as dedicated to freedom. Go there and/or read Berlin Before and After. Today we should all be Berliners. Five Takeaways •       Our Own 1929 — or 1932? The book began as a love letter to the Berlin Lesser adopted in 2003 — the everywhere writer of Berkeley, New York, and Berlin, against Lampedusa the ultimate somewhere, who never left Sicily and carried Shakespeare through the coffee houses of Palermo. But as she wrote, America's condition worsened: “We were not only in our own 1929, but perhaps in 1930, '31, or even '32 — verging on our own descent into frightening dictatorship.” Hence the subtitle's cautionary mirror — though history, she insists, never exactly repeats itself, and the American analogies came unforced, surfacing every thirty or forty pages without hammering. Being an everywhere, she says, doesn't make you write better — Lampedusa proves that — “but it improves your life,” and it gave her the subjects her native California never could.•       Berlin Never Went Nazi. The episode's revelation: the city of Weimar flamboyance never gave the Nazis a majority — Berlin voted left up to and including 1933, and “Hitler had to abolish democracy to take over Berlin.” From which follows her sharpest argument: Nazism was not a backlash against Berlin's sexual and artistic freedoms, “just as I do not see the election of Trump as a reaction to so-called wokeness or trans rights. Cultural manifestations do not cause such government changes. Economic forces do” — wealth gaps, regional deprivation, the east feeling second-class, then and now (the AfD's heartland). The direct equivalences are rhetorical: America's poisoned-blood language on immigrants comes “straight from the Goebbels playbook,” and the rights that flowered in twenties Germany were “instantly squished” in the thirties. As for today: the AfD polls high before Berlin's September city elections, but the firewall holds — and the party is formally flagged by German intelligence as constitutionally dangerous. Andrew's question stands: any vaccines for this thing?•       1929: The Year Everything Premiered. Why that year: Grosz, Sander, and Otto Dix at their peak; Brecht and Piscator both premiering; All Quiet on the Western Front, the underrated Grand Hotel, and Berlin Alexanderplatz in the bookshops — plus Thomas Mann's Mario and the Magician, the novella that predicted fascism; Billy Wilder still a weekly-paper journalist shooting his first film; and Christopher Isherwood arriving on the first visit that became Goodbye to Berlin and, via Broadway, Cabaret. “Only in retrospect do we see these things as major.” The culture flourished beside economic and political chaos — “having a terrible government is not inconsistent with producing good culture. Look at nineteenth-century Russia” — and when the chaos won, the exiles washed up in the German ghetto of Los Angeles: Brecht (on the beach, per this week's Baerwald episode), Döblin, Mann. Many went back — Brecht in 1949, Piscator after — because in Hollywood and New York they “couldn't live on the thin slice of culture,” a homesickness Lesser saw again in Berkeley's own Czesław Miłosz, watching Americans like children playing in a sandbox.•       After Means 1989. The title's twist: the After is not the Nazis' arrival but the Wall's fall. The dark half-century — twelve years of Reich, then “with barely a pause to take a breath” the divided city — is deliberately skipped: “the city is going to tell you what happened,” through what its monuments confess, like Bebelplatz's memorial to the burned books of May 1933. Berlin now wears its freedom knowingly: graffiti flourishes precisely because speech was twice policed; May Day's bottle-throwing is tolerated and swept up; Freiheit arrives like the choral finale of Beethoven's Ninth — Andrew's analogy, which she embraced with irony, since “nobody is totally free these days.” The Wall's hothouse island remains separate from Germany half a century on. And the city stays cinematic to the point of unreality — Wings of Desire's angels in the actual Staatsbibliothek (“I thought it was just a set”), Babylon Berlin's set-choosers clearing away the present — with a thriller shelf to match: Deighton's Berlin Game (freshly reread on his death), le Carré's Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Herron, McEwan, Schneider's Wall Jumper.•       A Mirror That Might Become Useful. Berlin's deepest lesson is for after the fall: it is the city that acknowledges its bad deeds — monuments and plaques saying this is where we did it — while America “likes to brush it all aside and act like we're always the heroes.” Andrew's pushback landed: Montgomery, Bryan Stevenson's lynching memorial, the African American Museum — “You're right. I'm not being fair.” But the qualification sharpens rather than sinks the thesis: “we do not have a history yet like Holocaust Germany or even Berlin Wall Germany… It's a mirror that might become useful if the worst comes about.” Meanwhile Berlin models the livable city: rent control the voters wanted to push all the way to expropriation, transit worth “ecstasies,” and a constitutional welfare clause promising a dignified existence — economic rights our Bill of Rights never mentions. The book ends aboard the M29 bus, top deck, regular fare, from the Maybachufer's twice-weekly market (running since before 1929) across the old West to Grunewald. “Maybe you're going to be made into a Berlin angel.” “A great fate.” About the Guest Wendy Lesser is the founding editor of The Threepenny Review, the celebrated Berkeley literary quarterly, and the author of a novel and twelve works of nonfiction, including You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn (winner of the Marfield Prize), Why I Read, and Scandinavian Noir. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, she has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the NEH, the Cullman Center — and the American Academy in Berlin, where her love affair with the city deepened. Berlin Before and After: A Cautionary Mirror for Our Times (Harper, September 2026) is her portrait of the city in 1929 and now. She divides her time between B...

In "Vaterland" zeigt der polnische Regisseur Paweł Pawlikowski fünf Tage aus dem Familienleben der Manns. Für Pawlikowski ein Film über das Leben einer "dysfunktionalen Familie" im Nachkriegsdeutschland – und die Suche nach einer geistigen Heimat. Pawlikowski, Pawel www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Vollbild

Uzun yıllar sonra ilk defa blok tatil yapma fırsatı bulduk… Ağabeyimizin Aktur'daki mütevazı evinde 3 hafta boyunca, günde ortalama 1,5 saat yüzerek, bol bol kitap okuyarak (Thomas Mann, Ayşe Kulin, Kemal Tahir, İskender Pala, G. Garcia Marquez…) hem bedenen hem zihnen hem de ruhen dinlenme/yenilenme fırsatı bulduk.

“That's how I would picture fascists: this never-satisfied, dissonant climb to nothing… to ruin.” — David Baerwald Earlier this month, the historian James M. Scott came on the show to talk about those three deadly days in August 1945 when the Americans dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan. Today we return to that war in the skies above Japan. Only with a fictional twist. Behind this fiction, however, is the kind of family saga that few novelists have either the nerve or imagination to invent. It concerns three generations of the Baerwalds. In the Thirties, a German Jewish organic chemist called Ernst Baerwald worked for (of all people) I.G. Farben, the company that manufactured the gas used at Auschwitz. A sophisticated Japanophile, Baerwald was Farben's man in Tokyo, where he hobnobbed with a member of the royal family. American intelligence turned Ernst Baerwald into a spy, using his intimate knowledge of Japan in their firebombing of Tokyo. In exchange, Baerwald fled to the United States with his wife and son Hans, who became a leading authority on 20th century Japanese politics. Hans' son, David Baerwald, meanwhile, became a platinum-selling musician who has worked with Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Rickie Lee Jones, Sheryl Crow, and Bruce Springsteen. Growing up in California, David knew little about Ernst. But seven years ago, while clearing out the family home after the Los Angeles fires, he discovered his grandfather's diaries, photographs, and letters. He found a 1943 speech to the American Intelligence School proving that Ernst, a German Jew who loved Japan, knew the details of the Tokyo firebombing in which 140,000 people died, two years before it happened. “I have no qualifications as a historian,” David Baerwald confesses. So what followed was The Fire Agent, a 624-page novel loosely imagined around his grandfather's enigmatic life. But what David brought to this epic was a lyricist's skill in the kind of musical composition that enabled him to keep characters in play like sections of an orchestra. No wonder then that The Fire Agent is one of the most acclaimed literary debuts of the year. And no wonder that, in our age of looming fascism, The Fire Agent reads as more than just history. Five Takeaways •       Papers Found in a Fire. The novel began, appropriately, in flames: during a Los Angeles fire at an old family home, Baerwald discovered his grandfather's papers — among them a 1943 speech delivered at the American Intelligence School in San Francisco, proving that Ernst Baerwald was deeply involved in, or at least privy to, the planning of the Tokyo firebombing two years before the bombs fell in March 1945. The shock was moral as much as archival: everything David knew of his grandfather was how much he loved Japan and hated what happened to it. The contradiction became an obsession, the obsession became an investigation — of one family, and of the joining of industry and fascism in three countries — and the investigation became a novel, because “I have no qualifications as a historian” and a novel allows some jokes to carry the tragedy's weight.•       The Man Who Knew Where the Gas Was. Ernst Baerwald, the family's “dye seller,” was nothing so modest: dyestuffs being slang for organic chemistry, he was Asia director of the chemical cartel that supplied IG Farben — the conglomerate that built a work camp at Auschwitz — a violinist mentor to Prince Takamatsu, and a German Jew too valuable to fire until far too late. He helped build Tokyo's natural gas distribution system after the Kanto earthquake, which meant he knew every depot, fuel store, and pumping station in the city he loved — knowledge that made this dual enemy alien mysteriously trusted by American intelligence. His OSS box is nearly empty; the OSS Society's verdict was “he was a commie.” Behind him stands the Philanthropin — the Frankfurt school of the Jewish Enlightenment his father Hermann ran — which raised Ernst antifascist before fascism existed: “before he was a German, before he was an American, before he was a lover of Japan, he was a hater of tyranny.”•       “So We Firebombed the Civilians.” The moral reckoning at the book's heart: 140,000 killed in Tokyo, sixty-five more cities burned — while the industrial strip from Tokyo to Yokohama was deliberately spared, because America wanted it intact to rebuild the Japanese economy after the war. Baerwald calls the firebombing “an atrocity of unspeakable terms” and, following Gar Alperovitz, questions the necessity of the atomic bombs — a message to the Soviets more than a strategy against Japan. His father, scheduled for the invasion that never came, felt lifelong relief at Hiroshima — one of many things father and son never discussed. “Why do fathers and sons have problems? A lot of reasons.” The writing became a posthumous reconciliation: “I understand more of my father than I ever did when he was alive. I've forgiven him a lot.” The next book is about him — the UCLA Japan scholar who lost his security clearance to McCarthyism for being insufficiently anti-communist about China.•       From Boomtown to The Fire Agent. What a songwriter brings to a 624-page epic: reliability — a working lyricist learns he can “write a page on demand” — and orchestration, since composing instrumental music means keeping track of characters the way you track an orchestra, knowing what each instrument cannot play. Baerwald's formation was the émigré Los Angeles of a breakfast joint on the Pacific Coast Highway where his surf crew gathered mornings — the same tables once shared by Duke Kahanamoku, Bertolt Brecht, and Stravinsky, in the Santa Monica neighborhood of Thomas Mann, on the street where James Dean later lived. Brecht was always his favorite lyricist, a secret he kept: in Los Angeles, admit you want to write songs like Brecht and “they lock you up in a padded room.” The German Jewish musical tradition that fled to his hometown now flows, a generation on, back into prose.•       The Music of Fascism. The novel's present-tense purpose: fascist movements “have a very limited vocabulary,” and sometimes it's easier to hear how stupid it is from the mouths of foreigners. The mechanisms — how such movements are funded, how they function, what they do with total power — were identical in Germany, Japan, and Italy, and the contemporary echoes are “impossible to avoid. They're identical.” All three countries ended as rubble. In Japan, where prime minister Takaichi stands in the lineage of Kishi Nobusuke and Nanking denial persists, the conservatives will object; Baerwald hopes to spark debates. And asked what neo-fascism sounds like, he composed it: Kundera's kitsch — the child in the field, the tear on the cheek, “sanitized absurdities because the truth is so bloody awful” — rendered as a music-box melody gradually tortured by Ligeti dissonance, resolving into the Shepard tone: an audio illusion of endless ascent that never arrives. “That's how I would picture fascists: this never-satisfied, dissonant climb to nothing… to ruin.” About the Guest David Baerwald is an award-winning singer-songwriter, composer, and recording artist, best known fo...

Unser Wochenkolumnist Jan Weiler ist mit einem seiner Romane zur Schullektüre geworden. Dem Gefühl des Geehrtseins folgte ein gemischter Blick zurück - schließlich musste auch er einst in der Schule lesen, was nun mal vorgeschrieben war. Und da er leichter zu erreichen ist als Goethe oder Thomas Mann, beantwortet er seitdem Zuschriften von SchülerInnen, die "ihn" lesen.

Luke Burgis left Wall Street after two years, founded a few successful companies in his twenties, then walked away to spend three years in a Roman seminary on the path to the priesthood. He now runs the Cluny Institute and teaches at Catholic University. His book Wanting made René Girard legible to a general audience; the new one, The One and the Ninety-Nine, takes mimetic theory into the dynamics of self and crowd in an age of social contagion. He joined Tyler to discuss whether the age of pessimism is ending, why the Anglo world in particular seems so unhappy, whether Dostoevsky or Thomas Mann better diagnoses modernity, the kind of reader his own book would ruin, why he thinks AI will make social contagion weaker, what put him off consulting with Anthropic on Claude's constitution, what effective altruism misses, why men and women are drifting apart, what he'd fund in every American city, the case for reintroducing friction, whether a Gnostic reading of the lost sheep explains our moment, what Rod Dreher gets right about withdrawal, why Genoa is Italy's most underrated city, what confession times reveal about a church, why Italians seem tired of their Catholicism, why he didn't become a priest, where he differs from Ross Douthat, why exorcists appear to be on the rise, the sudden mimetic antisemitism on the right, the book his 23-year-old self would have hated, what he secretly admires about Silicon Valley, why Michigan never left him, what the original Cluny can teach a modern talent network, how he hopes to face his own death, what he'll do next, and more. Read a transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video on YouTube. Recorded April 30th, 2026. Other ways to connect Follow us on X and Instagram Follow Tyler on X Follow Luke on X Sign up for our newsletter Join our Discord Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu  Learn more about Conversations with Tyler and other Mercatus Center podcasts here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:05:08 - On overapplying mimetic theory 00:06:35 - On AI and social contagion 00:07:53 - On declining Anthropic's invitation 00:09:36 - On the widening gap between men and women 00:12:25 - On anti-mimetic postures, jazz, and porn 00:16:46 - On Genoa, Naples, and societal escape fantasies 00:18:31 - On Italian Catholicism 00:26:59 - On not becoming a priest 00:29:13 - On beauty, enchantment, and the Gnostic sheep 00:40:22 - On what Wall Street taught him 00:43:50 - On Michigan 00:45:12 - On the Cluny Institute 00:48:41 - On dealing with death and what else is next 00:51:21 - Outro Image credit: Kirth Bobb

No segundo episódio desta temporada, os três caras viajam por Veneza com a obra de Thomas Mann

El calendario de eliminatorias sigue avanzando y este lunestenemos un partido de alto calibre: Alemania contra Paraguay. Dos naciones con historias muy distintas, pero con una enorme fuerza cultural. En nuestro terreno literario, traemos un verdadero choque detitanes: Por Alemania, uno de los monumentos de la literaturauniversal: Thomas Mann y su obra maestra “La montaña mágica”. Por Paraguay, el gigante de las letras latinoamericanas,Augusto Roa Bastos, con su revolucionaria novela “Yo el supremo”. Dos libros colosales, dos formas completamente diferentes de entender el tiempo, el poder y la condición humana. Thomas Mann nos encierra en un sanatorio en los Alpes suizosy, con una prosa elegante, irónica y profunda, explora las ideas de una Europa que está a punto de explotar. Tiempo, enfermedad, amor, filosofía y la decadencia de una civilización. Es una novela monumental, casi sinfonía. Roa Bastos, en cambio, nos mete de lleno en la mente de undictador absoluto. Con un lenguaje experimental, salvaje y genial, desarma el poder, la palabra y la historia paraguaya. “Yo el supremo” es un torrente verbal, un monólogo del poder que todavía hoy sigue estremeciendo. Uno construye una montaña de ideas. El otro desmonta unmonumento al autoritarismo con la fuerza de la palabra misma. ¿Quién se lleva la victoria en este duelo literario degigantes? ¿La elegancia intelectual de Thomas Mann o la potencia telúrica y experimental de Augusto Roa Bastos? Eso lo decidiremos juntos en este episodio. Así queprepárate un buen mate o una cerveza bien fría, acomódate y acompáñanos en este partido que promete ser inolvidable.

"Blue Review Number 3" is the final issue of a short-lived literary journal that captured the vibrant cultural landscape of early 20th-century London. Edited by notable figures John Middleton Murry and Katherine Mansfield, this edition features poetry by Rupert Brooke and short stories by Mansfield and Gilbert Cannan, alongside a critical review of Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' by D. H. Lawrence. Despite its brief existence, the journal's exploration of art, literature, and the human experience remains relevant today, reflecting themes of creativity and critique that continue to resonate in contemporary discourse.

Poeten Håkan Sandell reflekterar över sin kollega Bertil Malmberg. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Först sänd 2019-11-07.I början av tjugohundratalet stod jag ensam i en mörk kvarterspark i norra München, och stirrade upp mot ett väl upplyst kupolformat fönster på andra sidan. Hustru och barn hade jag lämnat i pensionatsängarna nere vid Leopoldstrasses triumfbåge. Så vad hade väl då jag i en bayersk parkdunge att göra om natten, spionerande in genom andra människors fönster?Bakom dessa rutor levde den svenske poeten Bertil Malmberg under de för honom besvärliga åren 1917 till 1927. Biografierna brukar kalla det en ateljévåning. Det malmbergska hemmet har av slumpen överlevt också nästa världskrig med dess zig-zaggande bombmattor. Vartannat hus står, i ful modern efterkrigsstil, vartannat i gammal skön wilhelminsk och med minnesskylt över Kandinskij eller så. Här bodde Malmberg tillsammans med sin franskfödda flickvän Gabie som han mött på Cabaret Läderlappen.De flesta svenska poeter stannar hemma. Hur hamnade Bertil Malmberg i München, och det mitt under brinnande krig? Torbjörn Kjölstads biografi "Den ensamme resenären" – som försöker att vara den kompletta Malmberg-biografin – mer antyder än serverar svaren. Malmbergs nationellt sinnade lyrik hade visserligen haft sin publik hos den ännu karolinsk-romantiska svenska högern, men vänsterpressen hade hånat honom av hjärtans lust, som en läspande dandy – läspningarna återgivna i pratbubblor – som en som yrade om Gud och fosterland. Mellan storstrejk och bondetåg splittrades Sverige, kanske för alltid, i två politiska läger. Även den egna sidan, med Fredrik Böök, vände sig emot honom. Poeten stod ensam kvar med sina tvivel. I självbiografiska tillbakablickar har han vidrört hur han kom att skämmas över de nationalistiska poserna, hur han använt det nationella till att jaga upp sina ord till det rätta patoset, att det var stämningarna och de stora orden som hade attraherat honom, inte deras idémässiga innehåll.Egentligen, påstår jag, tycks det nationella för honom ha handlat om det personliga, om nostalgi för farmoderns herrgård (betald med sågverkspengar), för det gamla Sverige och för gamla människor generellt. Moder Svea är kanske här just en farmor! En nostalgi för årstidsstämningar och lutande alléträd, för biblioteks tunga hyllor i ek, där i kallfuktiga rader ståtar de guldfolierade bokbandens högtidliga ord, med deras förförande trolldomsmakt, ekon av fornstora dagar. Spökar gör familjegodset, som sålts 1902 när han var tretton. Wäija kallat, känt från barndomskildringen "Åke och hans värld". Ja, så här klingar minnets makt, i "Uppgörelse och löfte", diktsamlingen från 1911:Utanför de djupa fönstren rördesträdfantomerna i spöklikt ljus,och i risigt kala kronor hördessvarta slagregns sagorika brus.I det krigsmörka München bjöds frihet. Den gränslösa friheten under krigs- och revolutionstillstånd har andra skrivit om, andra män vill säga, eftersom gatorna blir otrygga för kvinnor. Här har han kärleken till sin blivande hustru, tillåtelsen att sitta hela nätter på natthaket "Brännässlan". Rilke är i stan. München har hela tre litterära salonger, Bruckmanns, Bernsteins samt Pringsheims, Thomas Manns svärföräldrar. Den kommunistiska rådsrepubliken arresterar honom, men pytt pytt, bara för en dag. Under de kommande efterkrigsåren och inflationsåren håller den svenska valutan familjen flytande som en kork, medan krigsinvaliderna haltar och rullar förbi i gatorna. Det värsta väntar dem än, noterar han, "det att glömmas bort". Poeten har upplevt en värld gå under:Och kejsarkronorna, de sönderbrutna,och kejsarmantlarna, de sönderskurna,och kejsarörnarna med fläkta vingarpå marken ligga och förtrampas alla.Hemkommen till Sverige först 1927, behåller Bertil Malmberg inte minst som översättare sina kulturella band till Tyskland. Hans sympatier förblir på tysk sida. Att den hårda Versailles-freden var orättvis var en vanlig åsikt och som han kom att behålla helt fram under 30-talet. Man närmar sig redan ett nytt världskrig, men vill inte se det. Nordisk socialdemokrati står fortfarande för nedrustning. När skall en Tysklandsvän förstå att Tyskland blivit ett annat? I sin biografi har Torbjörn Kjölstad likt tidigare skribenter svårigheter, och gör stora ansträngningar, att förstå Malmbergs relation till Tyskland under 30-talet, men verkar att ha svårt att acceptera hur en tid medan den utspelas och uppleves är något annat än när samma tid placeras och sammanfattas i historieskrivning. Att det som en gång stod öppet efteråt ges en sluten och avslutad form.Liksom Heidenstams har Bertil Malmbergs 1930-tal getts i överkant dålig press. Malmberg var alltid anti-nazist och anti-Hitler, varnande för "den blinda rasfanatismen", och får likväl inte godkänt. Varför det? Det har med stilen att göra, hans syn på en intellektuell litterär stil är att den inte fick vara entydig, sade han två saker mot Tyskland kände han att han ville säga en för, och hans ironier bär pokeransikte, vädjande till läsarens intelligens.1936 gör Malmberg en stor reportageresa i Tyskland, som bland annat ger honom möjlighet att på nytt bo i München några månader. Ungdomsminnena vaknar, båglamporna lyser ännu över Englische Garten, ölstugorna blomstrar av rostgula glas. Artiklarna står först i Dagens Nyheter, där man var intresserad av de kommande olympiska spelen.Men saker hade förändrats, i närheten av München ligger nu Dachau, koncentrationslägret. Malmberg ges en guidad tur, än så länge ligger dödslägren i framtiden, även en svensk fångvårdsanstalt vid denna tid skulle ha verkat skrämmande på en poet. Om Dachau-fångarna skriver han likafullt det lilla han erfar – vilket enligt Torbjörn Kjölstad skall leda till vidare tyskt reseförbud – att "över dem alla vilade samma fasa... samma fruktansvärt förskrämda intryck: somliga stammade, när man tilltalade dem, andra stötte fram sina svar..."Året efter har han smält reseintrycken. Han varnar i tidskriften Nu, att "det är ett misstag att anse de nordiska folken immuna mot det radikala judehatet", och som föredragshållare på en studentafton i Lund samma år 1937 kallar han Hitler för "en demon från de lägre regionerna". Senare, under kriget, medan de tyska trupperna ännu var på den vinnande sidan, så uppfördes hans Hitler- el. Göring-satir "Excellensen" i Stockholm, tyska diplomater dånar om "en förolämpning mot det tyska riket", och Sveriges utrikesminister Günther får medla igen. Bonniers förlag visar mod och ger ut Excellensen, det är 1942, vid en tysk invasion hade man oavsett stått på listorna.Man kan hålla reservationer vad gäller fel hos människan Bertil Malmberg, men politiska är de inte. Hans poesi kommer att leva vidare, genom dess djupa känsla, även medkänsla, hans gehör för klang, och de metafysiska perspektiv som aldrig varaktigt lånar ut sig till något fast trossystem. En äkta poet påverkas förvisso av sin tid men finner sin symbolik innanför sitt eget väsen.Håkan Sandell, poetLitteraturTorbjörn Kjölstad:Musik: Solo Cello Passion - Doug Maxwell, Media Right Productions https://youtu.be/yMRDC_nFFaQ

Der polnische Regisseur Paweł Pawlikowski ist bei den diesjährigen Filmfestspielen in Cannes für seinen Spielfilm „Fatherland“ („Ojczyzna“) mit dem Preis für die beste Regie ausgezeichnet worden. Das Drama erzählt, inspiriert vom Leben des deutschen Literaturnobelpreisträgers Thomas Mann, von dessen Rückkehr in das zerstörte Nachkriegsdeutschland. Die Hauptrolle spielt Hanns Zischler. „Es ist ein Film darüber, wie man einem Fremden begegnet“, sagt unser heutiger Gast Hanns Zischler, der im Film Thomas Mann verkörpert.

Anton Weyrothers Literaturpodcast, Episode 85:Mit dem Roman „Joseph, der Ernährer“ schließt Thomas Mann seine große Tetralogie „Joseph und seine Brüder“ ab. Joseph steigt hier danks einer Traumdeutung vom Gefängnisinsassen zum zweitmächtigsten Mann Ägyptens auf und freundet sich mit Pharao Echnaton an. Sein Gespräch mit Echnaton, in dem Mann eine Verbindung zwischen einer ägyptischen Episode des Monotheismus und den Ursprüngen der jüdisch-christlichen Religion herstellt, ist derHöhepunkt des Romanzyklus.Bücher:"Joseph, der Ernährer" auf Amazon: https://amzn.to/4wEEXpSMein Youtube-Kanal: https://www.youtube.com/@antonweyrotherni - mit natürlicher Intelligenz hergestellt: https://weyrother.net/ni/Meine Website "Anton Weyrothers Literaturbetrieb":https://weyrother.netAktuelle Podcast-Folgen:https://anchor.fm/anton-weyrotherMein Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antonweyrother/?hl=de#thomasmann #joseph #echnaton #literatur

Florian Illies bespielt Bestsellerlisten, entfaltet in seinen Büchern Geschichtspanoramen, beobachtet Naturphänomene und lotet Stimmungen und Gefühle aus. Das Etikett Pop-Literat brachte ihm sein Buch "Generation Golf" ein. Es folgten Titel wie "1913. Der Sommer des Jahrhunderts", "Zauber der Stille", das Buch über Caspar David Friedrich. Die Liste ginge weiter und weiter. "Wenn die Sonne untergeht. Familie Mann in Sanary" war sein Bestseller aus dem Jahr 2025. In seinem neuen Buch "Träume aus Feuer. Der Alchimist von der Pfaueninsel" taucht Florian Illies ein ins Barockzeitalter, in die Geheimnisse der Glaskunst, erzählt von Johannes Kunckel, der auf der verwunschenen Pfaueninsel, unweit von Potsdam, rubinrotes Glas zum Leuchten bringt und den Großen Kurfürsten damit begeistert. Über die Faszination der Glaskunst, über eine magisch schöne Insel und auch über die Rezeptur seines Schreibens spricht Florian Illies bei NDR Kultur à la carte mit Claudia Christophersen.(00:00:00) Intro(05:11) Suite für Violoncello solo Nr. 1 G-Dur BWV 1007 - Prélude (1. Satz)(16:07) Nocturnes, op. 9 - Nr. 2 Es-Dur(29:16) Goldberg Variationen, BWV 988 - Variation 14_ Variation 29_ Variation 30(40:06) Suite für Violoncello solo Nr. 6 D-Dur, BWV 1012 - Gigue (6. Satz)(46:57) Walzer op. 69 - Nr. 1 As-Dur (Abschiedswalzer)

Hotels können auch Inspirationsquelle sein. Deshalb logieren dort oft Schriftsteller. Von Marcel Proust bis Thomas Mann. Der Germanist und Autor Rainer Moritz folgt ihren Spuren. Interview: Monika Kursawe.

Heinz Strunk: "Memories of Heidelberg"Auf die Produktivität von Heinz Strunk ist Verlass: Er gehört inzwischen zu den Autoren, von denen in kurzen Abständen immer wieder etwas Neues erscheint. Jedes Jahr bringt er ein weiteres Buch heraus. Mit "Der goldene Handschuh" und "Zauberberg 2" gab er selbst der wahren Geschichte um den Hamburger Frauenmörder Fritz Honka oder Thomas Manns großem Literaturklassiker die unverkennbare Strunk-Note. In seinem neuen Roman kehrt er zurück in die Trostlosigkeit des banalen Alltags. Juliane Bergmann hat "Memories of Heidelberg" gelesen.Jörg Schieke: "Chin-chin, der Weg führt ins Mondgestein"Zwischen Phantastik und Alltag, Trinkspruch und Mondgestein oszilliert der neue Band des Lyrikers und Journalisten Jörg Schieke. Im Gespräch erzählt er, wie Themen auf ihn zukommen, wie er die Diskrepanz zwischen Dichter und Literaturkritiker aushält und er liest eines seiner neuen Gedichte. "Die Summe seiner Teile" Die Graphic Novel von Julia Zejn und Matthias Lehmann kommt aus Leipzig, einer Stadt mit großer grafischer Tradition. Und hier arbeitet inzwischen auch eine junge Generation von Comic-Künstlern. Mitunter sogar zusammen. Wolfgang Schilling stellt die neue Graphic Novel vor. Patricia Thoma: Comic im GefängnisZwei Jahre lang ist Comic-Illustratorin Patricia Thoma durch verschiedene Gefängnisse in ganz Deutschland gefahren und hat Comic-Workshops für Inhaftierte gegeben. Daraus sind zwei Comic-Bände entstanden: Erst "Im Jugendarrest" und vor kurzem "Im Gefängnis". Die Zeichnungen der Inhaftierten sind in die Bücher eingeflossen. Besucht hat Thoma auch das Gefängnis "Roter Ochse" in Halle an der Saale. Tini von Poser hat Illustratorin Patricia Thoma getroffen sowie mit einem Inhaftierten in Halle gesprochen, der am Comic-Workshop teilgenommen hat. Douglas Stuart: "John of John"Cal ist zurück und all das, vor dem er nach Edinburgh geflüchtet war, ist wieder da: das karge Leben auf den Hebriden, der windgepeitschte Kreislauf aus Schafzucht und Nächten am Webstuhl, die Enge der Inselgemeinschaft. Das größte Problem ist allerdings sein Vater. Rainer Moritz stellt den Roman vor.Hörspieltipp: "Unser Haus mit Rutsche"So heißt der aktuelle Roman von Safia al Bagdadi, der jetzt auch als Hörbuch in ARD Sounds verfügbar ist. Aufgenommen wurde das Hörbuch, gesprochen von der Autorin selbst, als Koproduktion von HR, MDR, NDR und SR zusammen mit dem Hörbuchverlag speak low beim Saarländischen Rundfunk in Saarbrücken. Dort ist Safia Al Bagdadi geboren und aufgewachsen und die Stadt ist auch Schauplatz des Romans. Sally-Charell Delin war bei der Aufnahme dabei und hat mit der Autorin gesprochen

Esta semana, temos na estante «Sobre o Futuro das Nossas Instituições Educativas», de Friedrich Nietzsche; «Ensaios», de Thomas Mann; «Proémios», de Camilo Castelo Branco; e «Singular Ocorrência e outras histórias», de Machado de Assis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Drusilla and Josh discuss the box office bomb that's oft been requested, A Cure for Wellness. From wiki: “A Cure for Wellness is a 2016 psychological horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and written by Justin Haythe. Haythe and Verbinski were inspired by Thomas Mann's 1924 novel The Magic Mountain while coming up with the idea for the film.[3] Starring Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, and Mia Goth, the plot follows a young executive who is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from a mysterious rehabilitation center in the Swiss Alps.”Also discussed: Obsession discourse, Ken Russell's unmade Dracula script, The Cars That Ate Paris, Death Race 2000, Mouse Hunt, Steven Spielberg, Gore Verbinski, Miracle Mile, Helter Skelter (2012), and more. NEXT WEEK: Diabolique (1955) Bloodhaus: https://www.bloodhauspod.com/https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/https://letterboxd.com/bloodhaus/Drusilla Adeline:https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/https://letterboxd.com/sisterhyde/https://www.instagram.com/sister__hyde/Joshua Conkelhttps://www.joshuaconkel.com/https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/https://letterboxd.com/JoshuaConkel/  

Zum Geburtstag durfte sich Ines „Das Geheimnis der sieben Palmen“ aussuchen. Die drei ??? ermitteln nach dem verlorenen Erbe von Thomas Mann, der eine Zeit lang in Kalifornien gelebt hat. Ob dies ein spannender Fall für die drei Jungs aus Rocky Beach ist, hört ihr in dieser Geburtstagsfolgenbesprechung des Spezialgelagerten Sonderpodcasts.

Thomas Manns 125 Jahre alten Roman "Buddenbrooks" versteht man am besten, wenn man von einer "unsicheren Sexualität" des Autors ausgeht, meint der Literaturwissenschaftler Hans Wißkirchen.**********In dieser Folge mit: Moderation: Katja Weber Vortragender: Hans Wißkirchen, Literaturwissenschaftler Universität Lübeck**********Empfehlungen aus der Folge:Schreber, Daniel Paul (1903): Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken. Oswald Mutze, Leipzig.von Wolzogen, Ernst (1899): Das dritte Geschlecht. Rich. Eckstein Nachf., Berlin.Weininger, Otto (1903): Geschlecht und Charakter. Eine prinzipielle Untersuchung. Wilhelm Braumüller, Wien/Leipzig. **********Mehr zum Thema bei Deutschlandfunk Nova:Literaturgeschichte: Thomas Mann als politischer AktivistAlte Texte neu lesen: Tony Buddenbrook und das Frauenbild im RomanDiversität: Das dritte Geschlecht gab es schon immer**********Den Artikel zum Stück findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: TikTok und Instagram .

Blir det en Thomas Mann summer? Hør Bernhard Ellefsen, Arne Borge og Janne Stigen Drangsholt gi deg sine skjønnlitterære sommeranbefalinger i Ubehaget i kulturen. Dette er bøkene, i den rekkefølgen de opptrer:Ian McEwan: Det vi kan viteDouglas Stewart: John of JohnGeorge Elliot- Middle marchCaro Clear Burke: YesteryearThomas Mann: TrolldomsfjelletSiegfried Lenz: TysktimeThomas Mann: BuddenbrooksW. G Sebald: AusterlitzHelen Garner: Dette sorgens husEsther Kinsky: RomboTyra Teodora Tronstad: Folk som hater lokalhistorieAgri Ismaïl: HyperElisabeth Strout: Det vi aldri sier (og alle Lucy Barton-bøkene)Rune Lykkeberg: Vennlighet er et vern mot fascisme Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thomas Mann wusste Opponenten sehr fein zu beleidigen. Karl Kraus schimpfte eh unentwegt.

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'Personaje secundario' de Sofía Balbuena (Páginas de Espuma) es el nuevo premio Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero y desde hoy ya forma parte de la estantería de cuentos y relatos de la Biblioteca de Hoy por Hoy. Son cinco relatos en los que, desde una perspectiva muy femenina, están presentes grandes temas como la precariedad, el territorio, la amistad, la intimidad, el deseo, las relaciones de pareja o la familia. La escritora argentina, además de hablarnos de su libro, nos donó 'Boquitas pintadas' de Manuel Puig (Seix Barral). Pero antes, nuestro bibliotecario Antonio Martínez Asensio nos contó en tres minutos 'Alves y Compañía' de José María Eça de Queirós (Reino de Cordelia) y nos anunció el libro para su programa 'Un libro , una hora' que será 'Valentino' de Natalia Ginzburg (Acantilado). Pepe Rubio  nos trajo una reedición, la de "Un mundo para julius' de Alfredo Bryce Echenique (Anagrama)  y una novedad:  'Radio Sarajevo' de Tijan Sila (Libros del Asteroide). Pascual Donate rescató entre los libros olvidados de la redacción 'Silencios' de Tillie Olsen ( Las afueras). Y finalmente las donaciones de los oyentes que fueron: 'Las 19 cartas con las que nos conocimos' de Carlota Pastrana (Almuzara) , 'Los buddenbrook' de Thomas Mann (DeBlsillo)  y 'Ana no' de e Agustín Gómez Arcos (Cabaret Voltaire) 

In this episode, we delve into another German classic: Thomas Mann's Death in Venice. Published in 1911, this novella tells the story of an ageing author and his trip to Venice which - plot twist - is his slow journey into death. We discuss the story's problematic main character, Mann's writing style, how it was a short but tough read, and how death is foreshadowed in the text. In our segment Top or Flop, we tell you about our month's favourite reads and least loved books and answer a spontaneous bookish question.Find us on Instagram @ThroughthePagesPod and let us know what you thought about this novella.

Paola Capriolo, Teresa Maresca"Il canto della luna"Con la traduzione dal tedesco del "Canto della terra" di Gustav MahlerBibliotheka Edizioniwww.bibliotheka.itNell'autunno 1907 fu pubblicata in Germania l'antologia Il flauto cinese, un centinaio di liriche di autori compresi tra il XII secolo a. C. e l'epoca contemporanea. Gustav Mahler ne venne a conoscenza e l'incontro con quelle poesie ebbe un immediato riflesso sulla sua opera. Nel 1908, sulle Dolomiti, dove trascorse le ultime estati della sua vita, compose infatti il ciclo di lieder Il Canto della Terra, basato su sette poesie della raccolta, traendo spunto per la maggior parte da Li Po (702 – 763). L'ombra fascinosa e potente di uno dei capolavori della musica del ‘900 ha suggerito alla scrittrice Paola Capriolo e all'artista Teresa Maresca un libro a quattro mani che intreccia in modo personalissimo e originale letteratura, pittura e musica.Paola Capriolo vive e lavora a Milano.Ha esordito nel 1988 con i racconti de La Grande Eulalia (Premio Berto), in seguito Il Nocchiero (Premio Rapallo, Premio Selezione Campiello), Il Doppio Regno (Premio Grinzane Cavour), e, tra gli altri, Una Luce Nerissima, Il Pianista Muto, Mi ricordo, Marie e il signor Mahler, Irina Nikolaevna.Tutti i suoi romanzi sono stati tradotti in molte lingue. Ha tradotto classici della letteratura tedesca, tra cui Goethe, Kafka, Kleist, Thomas Mann. Teresa Maresca vive a Milano dagli anni '80.Con una pittura figurativa e visionaria lavora sui temi del paesaggio, spesso rivisto attraverso la memoria cinematografica o la poesia.Hanno scritto di lei Carlo Sini, Sergio Givone, Lalla Romano, Roberto Sanesi, Paolo Biscottini.Ha pubblicato il libro Il Primitivo del Sogno su arte, natura e pensiero primitivo e ha in preparazione la mostra-installazione Stars&Bones per la Fabbrica del Vapore di Milano. Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

In this episode, we feature an event with Colm Tóibín in conversation with Garth Risk Hallberg, held at the Montclair Literary Festival for the launch of Toibin's latest book, The News from Dublin.Colm Tóibín is the author of eleven novels, including Long Island, an Oprah's Book Club Pick; The Magician, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; The Master, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Book Award; and Nora Webster, winner of the Hawthornden Prize, as well as three story collections and several books of criticism. He is the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University and was named the 2022–2024 Laureate for Irish Fiction by the Arts Council of Ireland. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature.Garth Risk Hallberg's first novel, City on Fire, was a New York Times and international bestseller and was selected as one of the best books of 2015 by The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Vogue. It was the basis for the Apple TV+ series of the same name. His second novel, The Second Coming, about a troubled teen whose father is a recovering addict, was released in 2024 and is in paperback now. He is also the author of the novella A Field Guide to the North American Family. In 2017, Granta named him one of the Best of Young American Novelists. His work has been translated into seventeen languages.Resources:Seamus Heaney 1995 Nobel Prize Speech ( Poetry in Conflict quote)Thomas Mann's Brother Hitler EssayBooks:A full list of the books and authors mentioned in this episode is available here.Register for Upcoming Events.The Watchung Booksellers Podcast is produced by Kathryn Counsell and Marni Jessup and is recorded at Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ. The show is edited by Kathryn Counsell.Original music is composed and performed by Violet Mujica. Research and show notes by Caroline Shurtleff.Thanks to all the staff at Watchung Booksellers and The Kids' Room!If you liked our episode please like, follow, and share!Stay in touch!Email: wbpodcast@watchungbooksellers.comSocial: @watchungbooksellersSign up for our newsletter to get the latest on our shows, events, and book recommendations!

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durée : 00:05:00 - Le masque et la plume - par : Rebecca Manzoni - Le film "Fatherland" de Pawel Pawlikowski revient sur le retour en Allemagne de l'écrivain Thomas Mann en 1949. Entre contexte historique de la guerre froide et drame familial, ce récit explore les dilemmes moraux d'un intellectuel. Un film à la fois austère, drôle et bouleversant. - réalisation : Stéphane Le Guennec, Ilinca Negulesco - invités : Charlotte Lipinska Critique de cinéma et journaliste à Télé Matin, Jean-Marc Lalanne Critique de cinéma et rédacteur en chef du magazine Les Inrocks, Nicolas Schaller Journaliste pour L'Obs, Charlotte Garson Rédactrice en chef adjointe des Cahiers du cinéma Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

Silvia Bortoli"Come il cane è arrivato tra noi ed è rimaasto"Quodlibetwww.quodlibet.it«Cedesi cane per il resto educatissimo e che alla parola Fermo! si fa statua di sale.»Ci sono decisioni che alle persone ragionevoli possono sembrare avventate, come accogliere un cucciolo di Jack Russell in una casa in cui la demenza mette già a dura prova l'equilibrio e la resistenza della famiglia. La quotidianità è già costretta e faticosa, le relazioni sociali praticamente svanite, la solitudine grande, e un cane di tre mesi con le sue intemperanze non può che complicare le giornate e aumentare la fatica, ma porta nuova vita e nuove relazioni che sostituiscono in parte quelle perdute, con altri cani, con altri ambienti, con padroni (o «genitori», come a volte chiamano sé stessi) di altri cani; si imparano cose che non si sapevano, non solo sui cani, ma sulle persone e su mondi ai quali la vita precedente la malattia non avrebbe dato accesso e che portano inaspettatamente amicizia e sollievo. E soprattutto, come dice Jon, uno dei passanti che si incontrano in questo libro, prendere un cane in una situazione difficile è forse un azzardo, ma in fin dei conti la cosa migliore da fare: «perché i cani ci parlano e ci consolano e ci guariscono dalle malattie dell'anima».Silvia Bortoli è nata a Venezia nel 1946, ha vissuto a lungo a Milano, a Napoli e a Benevento e da qualche anno è tornata a vivere a Milano. Ha pubblicato poesia (Tutti i fiumi), racconti e romanzi brevi (L'inesperienza, Percezioni variabili, Quattro giorni a marzo, Mentre il poeta si allontana piange, Come sono finita dove sono finita).Ha tradotto letteratura tedesca per le maggiori case editrici italiane; tra i suoi autori Heinrich Böll, Thomas Mann, Theodor Fontane, Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin, Ingeborg Bachmann, Wim Wenders.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Cristina Araújo Gámir ha llegado a la literatura para quedarse mucho tiempo. Su primera novela 'Mira a esa chica' fue Premio Tusquets en  2022. Ahora presenta su segunda novela 'Distancia de fuga' (Tusquets) que es un "novelón" de amor que podría haberse escrito en el siglo XIX, pero con personajes y temáticas del XIX. Una historia donde la fama, la salud mental y las pasiones están muy presentes. Espectacular para nuestro bibliotecario Antonio Martínez Asensio. Además de su libro, Cristina donó para nuestras estanterías  'Los cuentos' de Thomas Mann (DeBolsillo). Antes Martínez Asensio nos conto en tres minutos 'Ensayo sobre la ceguera' de José Saramago (Alfaguara) y 'María' de Jorge Isaacs (Cátedra).  Pepe Rubio trajo dos novedades 'Los filos de la noche' de Manuel  Rico (Huso Editorial)  y 'Un halcón bajo mi ventana' de Lydia Cacho (Lumen). Pascual Donate rescató un libro de viajes muy curioso entre los abandonos editoriales de la SER: 'Los cielos más bellos de España' ,de Miguel Ángels Pugnaire y Miguel Gil (Alhenamedia). Y finalmente dos donaciones de nuestros oyentes: 'La más recóndita memoria de los hombres' de Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (Anagrama) y 'La saga de los Aznar'  de Pascual Enguídanos Usach (George H. White) (Altolibros).

Seine Romane widmen sich den Biographien von Literaturnobelpreisträgern wie Thomas Mann oder Gerhart Hauptmann, ebenso der Geschichte eines Gift-Anschlags auf den preußischen König Friedrich II.

The post-WW1 Weimar Republic in Germany was the height of European civilization. Its scientists and scholars led the world. Its Bauhaus architecture was the rage. Its arts featured such luminaries as Fritz Lang, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Thomas Mann. Yet, out of this modern democracy sprang Nazism, German fascism, and one of the most barbaric regimes ever. How did Hitler happen? It is one of the most important questions of history. What happened in Germany has disturbing resonances for our own time. Fascist-like regimes are taking power in many countries. We ignore disturbing signs at our peril from torchlight parades in Charlottesville with crowds chanting, “Jews Will Not Replace Us” to a synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh to the murder of African-Americans in a church in Charleston. What can we learn from the past to ensure it doesn't happen again? Recorded at Hunter College. Interviewed by David Barsamian

Sanary-sur-mer – ein kleines Örtchen an der Côte d'Azur, 50 Kilometer östlich von Marseille.1933 hatte Sanary etwa 3000 Einwohner (heute sind es 16.000), ab 1933 wurde Sanary zur Hauptstadt der deutschsprachigen Literatur: Thomas Mann und Familie, Brecht, Lion Feuchtwanger, Joseph Roth, Franz Werfel und seine Frau Alma-Mahler Werfel, Stefan Zweig.All die und einige mehr (Juden, Kommunisten, Gefährdete) waren vor den Nationalsozialisten nach Sanary geflüchtet und lebten dort Tage, Wochen, Monate, Jahre.Was wie Verheißung von Sommer und Leichtigkeit klingt, wurde für sie zum Fluchtort, ihrer literarischen Arbeit und ihrer Sprache beraubt.Seit einigen Jahren erinnert eine Gedenktafel in Sanary mit 68 Namen an jene Exilanten, einen Rundgang zu den ehemaligen Wohnsitzen der exilierten Künstler gibt es auch. Knut Benzner war in Sanary-sur-mer und hat mit Menschen, denen Erinnerungskultur nicht nur ein Wort ist, gesprochen.Videotipp aus der ARD Mediathek: Marseille - Meer und Mistralhttps://www.ardmediathek.de/video/erlebnisreisen/marseille-meer-und-mistral/wdr/Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLXNvcGhvcmEtZWEyYTFkZGQtNjgyZC00YTU5LThjM2YtMTlkMWNhYjk4NDQz

Am Lago Maggiore errichtet eine Künstler-Gruppe ab 1900 eine pazifistische Kommune. Sie lockt erst Gleichgesinnte an – und im Jahr 1926 den Bankier Eduard von der Heydt, Finanzier von Nazi-Spionen. Von Gianna Scholten.

Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist by David Bather Woods An engaging biography of one of the most influential Western philosophers and a thought-provoking exploration of how to live with Arthur Schopenhauer's pessimism.Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) almost wasn't one of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century. Born in the Free City of Danzig to a family of shipping merchants, he was destined for a life of imports and exports until his father died in a suspected suicide. After much deliberation, the young Schopenhauer invested his inheritance in himself and his philosophical vocation. But the long road to recognition was a difficult one, with Schopenhauer spending all but the last decade of his life in total obscurity. Yet his ideas and style went on to influence great thinkers, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Sigmund Freud, as well as artists such as the composer Richard Wagner and writers Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, Samuel Beckett, and many more.A singular and remarkably influential thinker, Schopenhauer is usually described as an extreme pessimist. He questioned the purpose of existence in a world where pain and suffering are inescapable and happiness is all too brief. In this engaging philosophical biography, David Bather Woods reevaluates Schopenhauer's pessimism in the context of his life experiences, revealing the philosopher's relentless fascination with the world and making a case for his contemporary relevance. Bather Woods weaves together Schopenhauer's ideas with the story of how he came to be, including such topics as love, loneliness, morality, politics, gender, sexuality, death, suicide, fame, and madness. In doing so, this book answers some of life's most challenging questions about how to deal with pain and loss, and how to live with ourselves and each other.Despite his pessimistic outlook on human existence, Schopenhauer didn't give up on life. Rather, he recognized that the question of how to live becomes even more pressing, and he worked to provide an answer. Bather Woods shows how Schopenhauer's life informed his ideas and how they still resonate today. David Bather Woods is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is coeditor with Timothy Stoll of The Schopenhauerian Mind. He has contributed chapters to The Proustian Mind, Schopenhauer's Moral Philosophy, and The Palgrave Schopenhauer Handbook. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/a48266/videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist by David Bather Woods An engaging biography of one of the most influential Western philosophers and a thought-provoking exploration of how to live with Arthur Schopenhauer's pessimism.Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) almost wasn't one of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century. Born in the Free City of Danzig to a family of shipping merchants, he was destined for a life of imports and exports until his father died in a suspected suicide. After much deliberation, the young Schopenhauer invested his inheritance in himself and his philosophical vocation. But the long road to recognition was a difficult one, with Schopenhauer spending all but the last decade of his life in total obscurity. Yet his ideas and style went on to influence great thinkers, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Sigmund Freud, as well as artists such as the composer Richard Wagner and writers Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, Samuel Beckett, and many more.A singular and remarkably influential thinker, Schopenhauer is usually described as an extreme pessimist. He questioned the purpose of existence in a world where pain and suffering are inescapable and happiness is all too brief. In this engaging philosophical biography, David Bather Woods reevaluates Schopenhauer's pessimism in the context of his life experiences, revealing the philosopher's relentless fascination with the world and making a case for his contemporary relevance. Bather Woods weaves together Schopenhauer's ideas with the story of how he came to be, including such topics as love, loneliness, morality, politics, gender, sexuality, death, suicide, fame, and madness. In doing so, this book answers some of life's most challenging questions about how to deal with pain and loss, and how to live with ourselves and each other.Despite his pessimistic outlook on human existence, Schopenhauer didn't give up on life. Rather, he recognized that the question of how to live becomes even more pressing, and he worked to provide an answer. Bather Woods shows how Schopenhauer's life informed his ideas and how they still resonate today. David Bather Woods is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is coeditor with Timothy Stoll of The Schopenhauerian Mind. He has contributed chapters to The Proustian Mind, Schopenhauer's Moral Philosophy, and The Palgrave Schopenhauer Handbook. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/a48266/videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist by David Bather Woods An engaging biography of one of the most influential Western philosophers and a thought-provoking exploration of how to live with Arthur Schopenhauer's pessimism.Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) almost wasn't one of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century. Born in the Free City of Danzig to a family of shipping merchants, he was destined for a life of imports and exports until his father died in a suspected suicide. After much deliberation, the young Schopenhauer invested his inheritance in himself and his philosophical vocation. But the long road to recognition was a difficult one, with Schopenhauer spending all but the last decade of his life in total obscurity. Yet his ideas and style went on to influence great thinkers, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Sigmund Freud, as well as artists such as the composer Richard Wagner and writers Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, Samuel Beckett, and many more.A singular and remarkably influential thinker, Schopenhauer is usually described as an extreme pessimist. He questioned the purpose of existence in a world where pain and suffering are inescapable and happiness is all too brief. In this engaging philosophical biography, David Bather Woods reevaluates Schopenhauer's pessimism in the context of his life experiences, revealing the philosopher's relentless fascination with the world and making a case for his contemporary relevance. Bather Woods weaves together Schopenhauer's ideas with the story of how he came to be, including such topics as love, loneliness, morality, politics, gender, sexuality, death, suicide, fame, and madness. In doing so, this book answers some of life's most challenging questions about how to deal with pain and loss, and how to live with ourselves and each other.Despite his pessimistic outlook on human existence, Schopenhauer didn't give up on life. Rather, he recognized that the question of how to live becomes even more pressing, and he worked to provide an answer. Bather Woods shows how Schopenhauer's life informed his ideas and how they still resonate today. David Bather Woods is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is coeditor with Timothy Stoll of The Schopenhauerian Mind. He has contributed chapters to The Proustian Mind, Schopenhauer's Moral Philosophy, and The Palgrave Schopenhauer Handbook. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/a48266/videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/german-studies

Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist by David Bather Woods An engaging biography of one of the most influential Western philosophers and a thought-provoking exploration of how to live with Arthur Schopenhauer's pessimism.Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) almost wasn't one of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century. Born in the Free City of Danzig to a family of shipping merchants, he was destined for a life of imports and exports until his father died in a suspected suicide. After much deliberation, the young Schopenhauer invested his inheritance in himself and his philosophical vocation. But the long road to recognition was a difficult one, with Schopenhauer spending all but the last decade of his life in total obscurity. Yet his ideas and style went on to influence great thinkers, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Sigmund Freud, as well as artists such as the composer Richard Wagner and writers Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, Samuel Beckett, and many more.A singular and remarkably influential thinker, Schopenhauer is usually described as an extreme pessimist. He questioned the purpose of existence in a world where pain and suffering are inescapable and happiness is all too brief. In this engaging philosophical biography, David Bather Woods reevaluates Schopenhauer's pessimism in the context of his life experiences, revealing the philosopher's relentless fascination with the world and making a case for his contemporary relevance. Bather Woods weaves together Schopenhauer's ideas with the story of how he came to be, including such topics as love, loneliness, morality, politics, gender, sexuality, death, suicide, fame, and madness. In doing so, this book answers some of life's most challenging questions about how to deal with pain and loss, and how to live with ourselves and each other.Despite his pessimistic outlook on human existence, Schopenhauer didn't give up on life. Rather, he recognized that the question of how to live becomes even more pressing, and he worked to provide an answer. Bather Woods shows how Schopenhauer's life informed his ideas and how they still resonate today. David Bather Woods is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is coeditor with Timothy Stoll of The Schopenhauerian Mind. He has contributed chapters to The Proustian Mind, Schopenhauer's Moral Philosophy, and The Palgrave Schopenhauer Handbook. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/a48266/videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist by David Bather Woods An engaging biography of one of the most influential Western philosophers and a thought-provoking exploration of how to live with Arthur Schopenhauer's pessimism.Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) almost wasn't one of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century. Born in the Free City of Danzig to a family of shipping merchants, he was destined for a life of imports and exports until his father died in a suspected suicide. After much deliberation, the young Schopenhauer invested his inheritance in himself and his philosophical vocation. But the long road to recognition was a difficult one, with Schopenhauer spending all but the last decade of his life in total obscurity. Yet his ideas and style went on to influence great thinkers, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Sigmund Freud, as well as artists such as the composer Richard Wagner and writers Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, Samuel Beckett, and many more.A singular and remarkably influential thinker, Schopenhauer is usually described as an extreme pessimist. He questioned the purpose of existence in a world where pain and suffering are inescapable and happiness is all too brief. In this engaging philosophical biography, David Bather Woods reevaluates Schopenhauer's pessimism in the context of his life experiences, revealing the philosopher's relentless fascination with the world and making a case for his contemporary relevance. Bather Woods weaves together Schopenhauer's ideas with the story of how he came to be, including such topics as love, loneliness, morality, politics, gender, sexuality, death, suicide, fame, and madness. In doing so, this book answers some of life's most challenging questions about how to deal with pain and loss, and how to live with ourselves and each other.Despite his pessimistic outlook on human existence, Schopenhauer didn't give up on life. Rather, he recognized that the question of how to live becomes even more pressing, and he worked to provide an answer. Bather Woods shows how Schopenhauer's life informed his ideas and how they still resonate today. David Bather Woods is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is coeditor with Timothy Stoll of The Schopenhauerian Mind. He has contributed chapters to The Proustian Mind, Schopenhauer's Moral Philosophy, and The Palgrave Schopenhauer Handbook. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/a48266/videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist by David Bather Woods An engaging biography of one of the most influential Western philosophers and a thought-provoking exploration of how to live with Arthur Schopenhauer's pessimism.Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) almost wasn't one of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century. Born in the Free City of Danzig to a family of shipping merchants, he was destined for a life of imports and exports until his father died in a suspected suicide. After much deliberation, the young Schopenhauer invested his inheritance in himself and his philosophical vocation. But the long road to recognition was a difficult one, with Schopenhauer spending all but the last decade of his life in total obscurity. Yet his ideas and style went on to influence great thinkers, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Sigmund Freud, as well as artists such as the composer Richard Wagner and writers Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, Samuel Beckett, and many more.A singular and remarkably influential thinker, Schopenhauer is usually described as an extreme pessimist. He questioned the purpose of existence in a world where pain and suffering are inescapable and happiness is all too brief. In this engaging philosophical biography, David Bather Woods reevaluates Schopenhauer's pessimism in the context of his life experiences, revealing the philosopher's relentless fascination with the world and making a case for his contemporary relevance. Bather Woods weaves together Schopenhauer's ideas with the story of how he came to be, including such topics as love, loneliness, morality, politics, gender, sexuality, death, suicide, fame, and madness. In doing so, this book answers some of life's most challenging questions about how to deal with pain and loss, and how to live with ourselves and each other.Despite his pessimistic outlook on human existence, Schopenhauer didn't give up on life. Rather, he recognized that the question of how to live becomes even more pressing, and he worked to provide an answer. Bather Woods shows how Schopenhauer's life informed his ideas and how they still resonate today. David Bather Woods is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is coeditor with Timothy Stoll of The Schopenhauerian Mind. He has contributed chapters to The Proustian Mind, Schopenhauer's Moral Philosophy, and The Palgrave Schopenhauer Handbook. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/a48266/videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

durée : 00:49:41 - La 20e heure - par : Eva Bester - L'écrivain et journaliste Philippe Lançon préface une nouvelle édition des “Buddenbrook”, premier roman de Thomas Mann, œuvre majeure de la littérature mondiale qui lui vaut le prix Nobel de littérature en 1929. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

Writer and editor Mason Currey on what artists' routines can teach us about focus, discipline, procrastination, and building a sustainable creative life.You'll learn:What led Mason to writing, and the early pressures that shaped his relationship with the work.Why he started Daily Routines as a side project, and what he was trying to solve with it.The moment the blog went viral, and what changed when an audience arrived.What it took to turn a quote-collecting blog into a book, including the research and structure behind it.Why routines work best when they're personal and flexible rather than prescriptive.Ideas for protecting your best hours, including Nicholson Baker's “double morning.”The difference between physical routine and creative routine, and why both matter.A realistic way to design an hour of writing, including what to do when “nothing happens.”What Worm Zooms are, and why “small progress” can be a powerful creative philosophy.The question underneath every routine: how artists make time for the work while paying the bills.Resources and Links: