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'Steppenwolf' is in part an autobiographical novel exploring the mid-life crisis of Hermann Hesse. Readers should be aware that German nationalists up to this point had criticised Hesse for his pacifist writings and activities during WWI. He like so many of his generation had helplessly watched the socio-economic turmoil and transition of Germany during the Weimar Republic, although he had long ago immigrated to Switzerland. He witnessed the deterioration of his first wife's mental health, which subsequently lead to their divorce. And he was afflicted with gout and other physical ailments, some of which are mentioned in the novel. With these tragic events weighing heavily on Hesse, he suffered a nervous break down, whereupon he underwent Jungian psychoanalysis and was inspired by it to put his accounts to paper. Read more... Abstract: 'Steppenwolf' is in part an autobiographical novel exploring the mid-life crisis of Hermann Hesse. Readers should be aware that German nationalists up to this point had criticised Hesse for his pacifist writings and activities during WWI. He like so many of his generation had helplessly watched the socio-economic turmoil and transition of Germany during the Weimar Republic, although he had long ago immigrated to Switzerland. He witnessed the deterioration of his first wife's mental health, which subsequently lead to their divorce. And he was afflicted with gout and other physical ailments, some of which are mentioned in the novel. With these tragic events weighing heavily on Hesse, he suffered a nervous break down, whereupon he underwent Jungian psychoanalysis and was inspired by it to put his accounts to paper
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هِسِن یکی از شانزده ایالت آلمان است. پایتخت این ایالت شهر ویسبادن است.
خاتیها از اقوام ژرمن بودند که، پدران هسنیهای امروزی هستند. از کلمه «خاتی»، «هاتی» و سپس «هاسی» در سال ۷۰۰ میلادی و بعد «هِسی» و هسن ساخته شد. اکثر مردم هسن پروتستان هستند و تنها ۲۶٪ خود را پیرو کلیسای رومی-کاتولیک میدانند. فرانکفورت بزرگترین شهر این ایالت است که خود به تنهایی ۶۵۵٬۰۰۰ نفر جمعیت دارد و جمعیت آن با حومهاش به ۲ میلیون میرسد. در ضمن قلب اقتصاد آلمان در این شهر است. در منطقه راین-ماین در جنوب هسن نیز تراکم صنعتی از همهجایِ آلمان بیشتر است. از لحاظ سیاسی، حزب دمکرات-مسیحی آلمان (CDU) با نخستوزیر رولاند کوخ هماکنون در حال حکومت است. قانون ایالتی کنونی هسن در سال ۱۹۴۶ در ویسبادن نوشته شد و از خصوصیات ویژهٔ آن باقی ماندن و لغو نشدن مجازات اعدام در آن است. البته چون در قانون اساسی آلمان این مجازات مجاز نیست و قانون اساسی کشور بر قوانین ایالتی ارجحیت دارد، پس این مجازات به اجرا در نمیآید و قانون آن بیارزش است.