"The Zauberberg" (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Der Zauberberg》(英語表記)DerZauberberg
"The Zauberberg" (English spelling)

…Thomas judged that the introduction of the democratic system supported by anti-imperial intellectuals to Germany would lead to the shallowing of German culture, but Mann, who realized that in the postwar chaos it was the reactionary conservatives who were hostile to the democratic system of the Weimar Republic who posed a danger to German culture and the spirit of human love that was its basis, began to clearly defend democracy around 1922. Mann's political stance is reflected in works such as Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain) (1924) and the tetralogy Joseph and His Brothers (completed in 1943), which he began writing in 1927, drawing on the subject matter of Genesis. The former is set in an international sanatorium in Switzerland and depicts the mental state of Europe before World War I as it unfolds before the eyes of the "ordinary" young man Hans Castorp, and explores the nature of human existence in a kaleidoscope of brilliant ideas. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Der Zauberberg" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…反帝政派知識人の支持する民主主義体制をドイツに導入することはドイツ文化の浅薄化を招くと判断したトーマスであったが,戦後の混乱のなかでドイツ文化とその基底にある人間愛の精神に危険をもたらすのが,実はワイマール共和国の民主主義体制を敵視する反動的保守層であると洞察したマンは,22年頃から明確に民主主義擁護の立場をとるに至った。《魔の山Der Zauberberg》(1924)や《創世記》に題材を求めて1927年から書き始められた四部作《ヨゼフとその兄弟たち》(1943完成)は,マンのこの政治姿勢を反映したものである。前者は,スイスの国際サナトリウムを舞台に,〈平凡な〉青年ハンス・カストルプの前に展開される第1次大戦前のヨーロッパの精神状況を描いたもので,華麗な思想の万華鏡のなかで,人間存在のあり方が追求されている。…

※「《Der Zauberberg》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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