Tomas Mann and his musical character – in search of the prototype (study on the philosophy of music)

Abstract

The article is devoted to a range of issues related to the phenomenon of the crisis of European culture, including one of the major points of romanticism – the case of the individual in his conflict with the surrounding world. In the context of the socio-cultural crisis of the turn of the 19–20th centuries this theme acquires a special sound in both: philosophy and literature. G. Ibsen, D. Galsworthy, R. Musil and others reflected the crisis essence of the era – the conflict of the outgoing ideals of spirituality and the emerging priorities of mass society. In the novel “Doctor Faustus” T. Mann presented his view on the crisis era: the crisis of culture and anthropological crisis intersect in the musician fate.