EAN: 9780820467900

HERMANN HESSE - JOSEPH MILECK GEBUNDEN

Moral conviction  not political inclination  determined Hermann Hesse's participation in German
sociopolitical matters. The belief that artists  the ever-alert guardians of human values and
cultural heritage  were society's admonishing conscience  determined Hesse's sociopolitical
engagement  fashioned his considerable body of political articles  and made him a chronic
persona non grata in Germany. It was likewise not the spiritual lure of the Orient that drew
Hesse eastward - for him  the East was less a spiritual journey than an aesthetic adventure.
Although Hesse remained a Westerner in thought and belief  his art acquired an enriching exotic
cast and his essays and reviews an added Eastern dimension. This bipartite study focuses upon
these two evolving major engagements - Hesse's continuous adult sociopolitical involvements and
his lifelong preoccupation with Eastern thought and belief  both firmly rooted in his family's
passionate Pietist dedication to the service of God and humankind - and their impact upon both
Hesse and his writings.

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