Both Uses of
allegiance
in
The Magic Mountain
- He smiled and spoke enthusiastically about the oath he would soon be taking—in a solemn ceremony he would stand beneath the flag and swear his allegiance to it, to the banner.†
Chpt 6.4 *allegiance = loyalty
- For progress was pure nihilism, and the liberal bourgeois was in truth a man of nothingness and the Devil—yes, he denied God, the conservative, positive Absolute, and instead pledged allegiance to the devilish Anti-Absolute, and in his deadly pacifism marveled at how devout he was.†
Chpt 6.8
Definition:
loyalty to a person, group, or cause