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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 >>> -- >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >>> Hegel Summer School >>> http://www.ethicalpolitics.org/seminars/hss10.htm >>> Hegel, Goethe and the Planet: 13 February 2010. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> xmca mailing list >>> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >>> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> xmca mailing list >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca >> >> _______________________________________________ >> xmca mailing list >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca >> >> > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Hegel Summer School > http://www.ethicalpolitics.org/seminars/hss10.htm > Hegel, Goethe and the Planet: 13 February 2010. > > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > -- Deborah Downing Wilson Laboratory for Comparative Human Cognition University of California San Diego _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca