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The Threefolding Movement, 1919: A History: Rudolf Steiner's Campaign for a Self-Governing, Self-Managing, Self-Educating Society
Contributor(s): Schmelzer, Albert (Author), Udell, Edward H. (Translator)
ISBN: 1855845415     ISBN-13: 9781855845411
Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press
OUR PRICE:   $21.60  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: December 2017
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- Philosophy | Social
- Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.95 lbs) 240 pages
 
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Following World War I, Germany faced a period of revolutionary upheaval and general unrest. In the midst of these tumultuous events, Rudolf Steiner's pioneering movement for social threefolding rallied around a unique conception. Its three principal goals were to promote human rights and equality in political life, freedom in cultural life and associative cooperation in economic life. Albert Schmelzer's engaging yet rigorous study, the most complete to date, recounts the movement's practical attempts to bring about social threefolding in 1919, giving lively descriptions of the principal characters involved.

Apart from this detailed history, The Threefolding Movement, 1919 offers an accomplished synthesis of the development of social thought and the complex politics of the day. Schmelzer presents his study of threefolding within the context of evolving social ideas, comparing Steiner's relevance to key political and cultural thinkers, reformers, and radicals. Steiner emerges as a social innovator who was actively involved in the revolutionary situation of 1919, although he rejected violence and was a consistent advocate of democracy.

A cursory analysis might suggest that Rudolf Steiner stood at the left of the political spectrum, but Schmelzer shows how his social ideas transcend the right-left divisions and polarizations of contemporary politics. Social threefolding is truly a new approach to human development--a fresh way to understand society that allows a more creative and harmonious future.

C O N T E N T S

Foreword by Edward Udell
Preface

1. Preliminary Remarks: Theme, Sources, Method
2. The Beached Revolution of 1918-1919
3. The Idea of "Threefolding the Social Organism"
4. The Emergence of the Threefolding Movement
5. Toward a Popular Movement
6. The First Phase: Information
7. The Second Phase: Organic Development
8. The Third Phase: Criticism, Debate, Reorientation
9. The Founding of the Waldorf School
10. A Glance beyond 1919
11. The Threefolding Movement's course, Failure, and Significance

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Contributor Bio(s): Schmelzer, Albert: - Albert Schmelzer (b. 1950) taught history, German, and art history for many years at the Mannheim Waldorf School. Since 2011, he has been a professor at Alanus University, where he focuses on Waldorf pedagogy and cross-cultural dialogue. He has written seven books and dozens of articles. His work on the history of the 1919 social threefolding campaign was accepted as a doctoral dissertation at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany.