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What is the danger of materialism that Hermann Hesse warned about, and what does it mean for us today?

In Demian, Hermann Hesse warned that materialism leads to the loss of the individual and to war and chaos in society. His message is still valid today, and we should seek a way to find our true selves through it.   What I felt while reading Hermann Hesse’s “Demian” was that, apart from the fact that the book was written against the backdrop of the Great War and was well...