This dissertation addresses the formative power of myth from the standpoint of political philosophy. Although a work in political theory, its approach is empirically oriented. Taking up three distinct kinds of myth arising in three different socio-historical contexts, the disser…
Based, in part, on close reading of manuscripts and sources at the Zurich Thomas Mann Archive, Reed's study has long established itself as the standard work in English on Mann's fiction and thought. In this new edition, Reed adds a chapter on the new documentation that has appea…
