Can you give me some examples of the last two sentences of this passage?

Hessen’s sheltered life could not serve as an inspiration for the European intellectuals to whom he directed his writings in the interwar years. Why dropping out of society is impractical when society is in chaos, and barely imaginable in a totalitarian regime such as Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany? The studied impartiality Hesse adopted towards the mass movements of his time was impossible in countries where they had taken control. “. In reality his pose of independence was more a psychological stratagem than a principled stance.

Was the “control” thing really done by someone who “taken control”? What is your opinion about where and who?

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Asked on April 17, 2021 in Meaning.
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Where they had taken control: “They” refers to “the mass movements of his time”, in places “such as Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany”, as mentioned in the previous sentence.

I would paraphrase the last 2 sentences of the passage like this: “When your country is controlled by a mass movement it is impossible to live independently of that situation.” Irrespective of various military functions had Hesse pleaded not to be affected by the democratic environment, though his self-declared Independence was all contained in his own mind, and not accompanied by external acts of resistance. ”

Answered on April 26, 2021.
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In the former Soviet Soviet Union, such impartiality was impossible, and there was an obvious dictatorship in many countries, with global capitalism. In his own country he could be impartial to mass movements, but much of his intended audience didn’t have that option.

Answered on April 30, 2021.
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In the former Soviet Soviet Union, such impartiality was impossible, and there was an obvious dictatorship in many countries, with global capitalism. In his own country he could be impartial to mass movements, but much of his intended audience didn’t have that option.

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In the former Soviet Soviet Union, such impartiality was impossible, and there was an obvious dictatorship in many countries, with global capitalism. In his own country he could be impartial to mass movements, but much of his intended audience didn’t have that option.

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In the former Soviet Soviet Union, such impartiality was impossible, and there was an obvious dictatorship in many countries, with global capitalism. In his own country he could be impartial to mass movements, but much of his intended audience didn’t have that option.

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In the former Soviet Soviet Union, such impartiality was impossible, and there was an obvious dictatorship in many countries, with global capitalism. In his own country he could be impartial to mass movements, but much of his intended audience didn’t have that option.

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In the former Soviet Soviet Union, such impartiality was impossible, and there was an obvious dictatorship in many countries, with global capitalism. In his own country he could be impartial to mass movements, but much of his intended audience didn’t have that option.

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In the former Soviet Soviet Union, such impartiality was impossible, and there was an obvious dictatorship in many countries, with global capitalism. In his own country he could be impartial to mass movements, but much of his intended audience didn’t have that option.

Answered on April 29, 2021.
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In the former Soviet Soviet Union, such impartiality was impossible, and there was an obvious dictatorship in many countries, with global capitalism. In his own country he could be impartial to mass movements, but much of his intended audience didn’t have that option.

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In the former Soviet Soviet Union, such impartiality was impossible, and there was an obvious dictatorship in many countries, with global capitalism. In his own country he could be impartial to mass movements, but much of his intended audience didn’t have that option.

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