From West to East and Back Again : an Educational Reading of Hermann Hesse's Later Work.
Of all the great Western novelists of the twentieth century, the German writer Hermann Hesse is arguably one of the most important for educationists. Paying particular attention to Hesse's last novel, The Glass Bead Game, and its immediate predecessor, The Journey to the East, this book suggest...
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Dordrecht :
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2012.
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Table of Contents:
- From West to East and Back Again; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: READING HERMANN HESSE'S LATER NOVELS FROM AN EDUCATIONAL POINT OF VIEW; NOTES; CHAPTER 1: FROM WEST TO EAST AND BACK AGAIN; INTRODUCTION; EAST AND WEST IN HESSE'S WORK; FAITH, DOUBT AND EDUCATION; CONCLUDING COMMENTS; NOTES; CHAPTER 2: MYSTERY, RITUAL AND EDUCATION; INTRODUCTION; A DREAM? HESSE'S JOURNEY TO THE EAST; A RITUAL OF CONFESSION; ESOTERIC CONNECTIONS; EDUCATIONAL POSSIBILITIES; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 3: MORE THAN A METAPHOR; INTRODUCTION; THE GLASS BEAD GAME AS METAPHOR; BEYOND METAPHOR: THE EDUCATION OF JOSEPH KNECHT.
- Conclusionchapter 4: education, society and the individual; introduction; hierarchy, order and individuality in castalia; awakening, education and the wider world; individualism, cultural elitism and education; concluding comments; chapter 5: life, death and transformation; introduction; dialogue, questioning and transformation; conscientisation, contemplation and awakening; education, death and new life; concluding comments; chapter 6: education, incompleteness and immortality; introduction; the death of joseph knecht; the importance of incompleteness.
- Education: the bridge between death and lifeconcluding comments; notes; references; acknowledgements; about the author.