What Is a Hermit?

Amitai Etzioni: A hermit is almost built from the negative of what isn't a hermit. He says there's an overlap with people like Emily Dickinson, who was more of a recluse in the sense that she wanted to avoid people. It's almost impossible to be a hermit today and still want to carry on an awareness of what's going on in society or politics," he says. "Eastern tradition, Asian tradition, is a lot more explicit in that sense"

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