Jessica Macauley: 2 books
Forces of Ambiguity
Life, Death, Disease and Eros in Thomas Manns «Der Zauberberg»
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2017
Thomas Mann’s novel Der Zauberberg (1913–1924) illustrates a change in the author’s conceptions of life, death, disease and Eros following World War I. Set in a Swiss tuberculosis sanatorium, the novel’s main protagonist, Hans Castorp, comes into contact with three pedagogic figures who each...
African Democracy and Development
Challenges for Post-Conflict African Nations
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
This book is an examination of particular African countries that are in the post-conflict phase. They have experienced horrific civil wars that left thousands of their citizens internally displaced or as refugees in surrounding countries, and some fled to countries in the global north.
The...