Аннотация:In 1914 Herman Hesse put forward such political and social ideas, that for today`s Europe sounds like an absolutely liberal and humanistic ones. The First at the outset and the Second World Wars formed his position, that was absolutely contrary to any nationalistic ideas, that were flourishing at that time. In his publicist works, letters and literary criticism he set an example of the principles of real artist in the time of a “great psychosis”. His works of that period are distinguishing with psychological profundity and exquisite metaphoricalness. Inspite of the fact that his position was shared with a lot of bright artists of the epoch, he was alone in his counteraction to authorities and public opinion.