Thomas Mann and Abraham Lincoln in Wartime

About this Episode

Phil is joined by Morten Hoi Jensen, literary critic and author of the forthcoming "The Master of Contradictions
Thomas Mann and the Making of The Magic Mountain," to discuss Thomas Mann's 1914 "Thoughts in Wartime" and Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

The Manifesto:
Thomas Mann, "Thoughts in Wartime"
https://www.nyrb.com/products/reflections-of-a-nonpolitical-man

The Art: Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address
https://www.nps.gov/linc/learn/historyculture/lincoln-second-inaugural.htm

To pre-order Morten's book:
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300233742/the-master-of-contradictions/