Re: FW: [xmca] Rudolph Steiner

[deborah downing-wilson <ddowningw@gmail.com>]

Arthur Zajonc draws from Rudolph Steiner in "Goethe's Way of Science" - an
interesting read on this topic.

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 6:35 AM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:

> Very interesting Leif and Peter. As a fan of Hegel, I am always a bit wary
> when someone gets connected to fascism on philosophical grounds, but it
> seems to be a pretty clear case here. And it is very easy to see how his
> ideas connect with Goethe's ideas. It's not at all difficult to draw a line
> between them, but I must be very wary of using Steiner's book to learn about
> Goethe. His story about Goethe's Italian journey, and Goethe's conversations
> with Herder all sounded pretty factual and uncontroversial though.
>
> thanks very much.
> I will tread carefully.
>
> Andy
>
>
> Peter Smagorinsky wrote:
>
>> See http://www.social-ecology.org/2009/01/anthroposophy-and-ecofascism-2/
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
>> Behalf Of Leif Strandberg
>> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 8:59 AM
>> To: ablunden@mira.net; eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>> Subject: Re: [xmca] Rudolph Steiner
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recommend reading of
>>
>> Peter Staudenmaier (Vermont USA) Antroposofi och ekofascism (I only  have
>> the Swedish version, perhaps the English title is "Antrophosofy  and
>> Ekofascism"
>>
>> We have a lot of Waldorf schools in Sweden, and there are some
>>  interesting  estetichal features in their pedagogy, But their
>>  philosophical backrground (Steiner) is not as "green" as they say -  more
>> of a brown nuance
>>
>> Leif Strandberg
>>
>>
>> 9 jan 2010 kl. 12.46 skrev Andy Blunden:
>>
>> I have been researching Goethe and his scientific ideas, and after  a long
>>> time I came across a book which tells in detail of how his  ideas originated
>>> and explains them very clearly and convincingly.  The point I am interested
>>> in of course is the Urphaenomen, a.k.a.,  unit of analysis, and as Goethe
>>> and Davydov both insist, a unit of  analysis which is given to the senses.
>>>
>>> The author of the book is *Rudolph Steiner*, the same Rudolph  Steiner
>>> who started up Steiner Schools. I can get an idea of his  life and work from
>>> Wikipedia and so on, and it certainly is way off  the mainstream, if I could
>>> put it that way. However, I would  be  interested in a brief response from
>>> xmca-ers on the success or  otherwise of his schools.
>>>
>>> Andy
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