The unity behind the contradictions

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Religions and myths

Autor: Hermann Hesse

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Through Christianity, Hinduism and Zen, Hermann Hesse, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, presents in The Unity Behind Contradictions his conception of religion in a series of essays, poems and letters.

The austerity of his family of Protestant pastors led Hermann Hesse to question religion from an early age. Torn between artistic expression, spirituality, and bourgeois experience, he was also heavily influenced by psychoanalysis. The diversity of ideas and concepts led him on a journey of self-discovery through literature, which can be seen in books such as Siddhartha and Steppenwolf , but which finds its greatest expression in the selection of texts in *The Unity Behind Contradictions: Religions and Myths* .

In this book, Hesse brings together observations on human forms of devotion. He dissects what is common to all beliefs, what transcends national or cultural differences and can be part of the faith of any individual and any race. These are impressions and images from humanity's most remote religions and myths, from the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, and modern forms of religious ideology.

The concept of grace is strongly present. From the idea of the world as a whole, a divine unity to which we must be connected to achieve happiness, we are faced with the possibility of, behind every error, despite every failure, disconnecting from the ego.

Life only acquires meaning when one leaves behind a naive pursuit of selfish pleasure and attributes it to a servitude—to a religion, to a philosophy—for, as Hermann Hesse states, it is in this servitude that its meaning arises. By finding this meaning, one finds the unity behind all that exists. After all, "humanity, though still divided into alien and hostile races and cultures, is one and possesses common possibilities, ideals, and goals."

ISBN	978-655-587-422-8
Tradutor	Roberto Rodrigues
Altura	230 mm
Largura	155 mm
Profundidade	15 mm
Lançamento	28/02/2022
Páginas	196

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Sobre o autor

Hermann Hesse

Herman Hesse nasceu em Calw, na Alemanha, em 1877. Começou a vida profissional como livreiro, mas idealizando uma carreira literária, que de fato iniciou muito cedo, aos 21 anos, quando publicou suas primeiras poesias. A chamada "primeira fase" do escritor se estende até Knulp (1915), produzindo nesse período romances de grande valor, como Peter Camenzind (1904), Gertrud (1910) e Rosshalde (1914). Seu livro Demian foi publicado logo depois da Primeira Guerra Mundial, em 1919. Em protesto contra o militarismo germânico, Hesse era então um residente permanente da Suíça e sem dúvida figurava ao lado dos maiores ícones da literatura em idioma alemão. A profunda humanidade e a penetrante filosofia que impregnam seus livros foram confirmadas em obras-primas que produziu posteriormente, entre outras Sidarta (1922), O lobo da estepe (1927) e Narciso e Goldmund (1930), que com seus poemas, contos e um considerável número de trabalhos de crítica valeram-lhe um lugar muito especial entre os pensadores contemporâneos. Em 1946 ganhou o Prêmio Nobel de Literatura. Hermann Hesse faleceu em 1962, pouco depois da passagem do seu 85º aniversário.

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