The Opposites and Unity: A Study of Chinese Taoist Thought Found in Hermann Hesse’s The Glass Bead Game
Hermann Hesse was keenly aware of the spiritual and social crises of war-torn Europe. He explored possible solutions to these problems in his writing and was interested in drawing on the resources of oriental philosophies. Of particular importance was the thought of Chinese Taoism. Hesse frequently...
| Outros títulos: | Special Forum on Taoism and Western Literature |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Oxford University Press
[2020]
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Literature and theology
Ano: 2020, Volume: 34, Número: 4, Páginas: 503-509 |
| Classificações IxTheo: | BM Universismo chinês CD Cristianismo ; Cultura VA Filosofia |
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| Resumo: | Hermann Hesse was keenly aware of the spiritual and social crises of war-torn Europe. He explored possible solutions to these problems in his writing and was interested in drawing on the resources of oriental philosophies. Of particular importance was the thought of Chinese Taoism. Hesse frequently mentioned his understanding of the Taoist philosophies of Laozi (老子) and Zhuangzi (庄子) in letters to his friends, and Taoist ideas such as ‘Tao’ (道) or ‘One’ and ‘polar opposites and unity’ recur across his work. This article will trace Hesse’s understanding of the Taoist thought of Laozi and Zhuangzi, and analyse the influence of Chinese Taoism on Hesse’s masterpiece, The Glass Bead Game (1943). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/fraa022 |