| Rudolf Steiner, Life and Work: 1923: The Burning of the Goetheanum Contributor(s): Selg, Peter (Author), Saar, Margot (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1621482200 ISBN-13: 9781621482208 Publisher: Steiner Books OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers |
| Dewey: 299.935 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 214 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "Try to become one with the world--that will be the best and most important 'program.' It is something that cannot be contained in statutes but needs to burn in our hearts as a flame." --Rudolf Steiner In 1923, Central Europe was still in disarray and social chaos created by the polarizing events of World War I. In volume 6 of his seven-volume biography of Rudolf Steiner, Peter Selg focuses on one of the most tragic years for the anthroposophical movement, including especially the rise of nationalism and the seeds of hatred spawned by Adolf Hitler and his followers. The very beginning of that pivotal year began with the destruction of the nearly finished Goetheanum building in Dornach, Switzerland, delivering a heavy blow to the Anthroposophical Society and to Rudolf Steiner, both spiritually and on a personal level. It was evident that the fire had been caused by arson, and Steiner immediately expressed determination to rebuild and move forward, despite the friction in the Anthroposophical Society and the movement as a whole. Steiner noted, "It will not be viable if things continue as before," suggesting that the Society needed to be suffused with the "will to wake up...because then it can inspire an awakening of the present civilization as a whole." He devoted the remainder of 1923--indeed, his life--to that cause. Rudolf Steiner, Life and Work, Seven Volumes Vol. 1. (1861-1890): Childhood, Youth, and Study Years Vol. 2. (1890-1900): Weimar and Berlin Vol. 3. (1900-1914): Spiritual Science and Spiritual Community Vol. 4. (1914-1918): The Years of World War I Vol. 5. (1919-1922): Social Threefolding and the Waldorf School Vol. 6. (1923): The Burning of the Goetheanum Vol. 7. (1924-1925): The Anthroposophical Society and the School for Spiritual Science |
Contributor Bio(s): Selg, Peter: - Peter Selg was born in 1963 in Stuttgart and studied medicine in Witten-Herdecke, Zurich, and Berlin. Until 2000, he worked as the head physician of the juvenile psychiatry department of Herdecke hospital in Germany. Dr. Selg is now director of the Ita Wegman Institute for Basic Research into Anthroposophy (Arlesheim, Switzerland) and professor of medicine at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences (Germany). He lectures extensively and is the author of numerous books, many of which have been published in English.Saar, Margot: - Margot M. Saar studied at the Universität des Saarlandes, at Open University, UK, and at Institut für Waldorfpädagogik Witten Annen, Germany. She is an experienced translator and interpreter in specialty fields (education, medicine, philosophy, anthroposophy, homeopathy, anthroposophic medicine, general science). She has been a foreign language teacher at Michael House School Derbyshire, UK, a teacher of foreign languages and philosophy, exam officer, and upper school mentor at Michael Hall School, East Sussex, and translator of technical manuals and legal contracts, international correspondence, office management at Hüls Troisdorf AG Witten Germany. Margot has translated numerous books for SteinerBooks, including Peter Selg's 7-volume biography of Rudolf Steiner. |