Emotion or reason? Towards self-knowledge (on the margins of Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game) Cover Image

Emocje czy rozum? W kierunku samopoznania (na marginesie Gry szklanych paciorków Hermanna Hessego)
Emotion or reason? Towards self-knowledge (on the margins of Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game)

Author(s): Mariana YEMELIANOVA
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: Hermann Hesse; The Glass Bead Game; self-development; emotions

Summary/Abstract: The article reflects on the topicality of critical remarks towards society contained in Hermann Hesse's novel The Glass Bead Game, and above all in relation to the need to rebuild culture through human (self-)development. It is proved that the fate of the novel's main character, Joseph Knecht, abolishes the primacy of reason over emotion and manifests the unity of both properties of the human race.

  • Issue Year: 6/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 147-158
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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