new book
From: Deborah
Date: Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:40 pm
Subject: new book
Has anyone read this yet?
Deborah
Judaism and Anthroposophy
Interfaces: Anthroposophy and the World
Vol. 1
Edited by Fred Paddock, Edited by Mado Spiegler
ISBN: 0880105100
Book (Paperback)
SteinerBooks
$19.95
128 pages
February 2003
"Rudolf Steiner's repeated
insistence that every phenomenon can fruitfully be approached
from multiple points of view is all the more daunting in that
it seems both self-evident and elusive to our twenty-first-century
minds: we approach the tasks with easy confidence, often failing
to notice that we are merely craning our necks to get a better
view. More often than not, we are standing on tiptoes, looking
over the wall of familiar rationalizations. The daring ones among
us may actually open the doors and windows, allow fresh air to
circulate through the furnishings of our mind, without really
moving out of the perimeter of our accustomed rounds." -
Mado Spiegler, from her introduction
Librarian Fred Paddock of
the Rudolf Steiner Library initiated this book, because he had
long felt the need to make available some of the cutting-edge
writings of European anthroposophists. Judaism and Anthroposophy
examines the relationship between anthroposophy and religion,
between Christian and Jewish esotericism, and between Kabbalah
and anthroposophy. It also focuses on Jewish lives in anthroposophy,
including those of Martin Buber, Hugo Bergman, Shimon Levy, and
Ernst Müller. Also, three leading anthroposophic thinkers
explore the question of anti-Semitism.
This is an important contribution
to the understanding of anthroposophy and its historical and
contemporary interface with Judaism.
THE CONTRIBUTORS:
Johannes Schneider: "Christianity and Other Religions"
Günther Röschert: "On Judaism"
Ruth Windolf: "The Hebrew Experience of Reality as Contrasted
with the Greek"
Schmuel Hugo Bergman: "The Blessing"
Shimon Levy: "What Is the Contribution of Judaism to the
Life of Anthroposophy?"
Rolf Umbach: "The Kabbalah, an Esoteric Bridge to Christianity?"
David Schweitzer: "Spiritual Background: The Cosmic Christ
in Judaism"
Hans Jürgen Bracker: "The Individual and Unity of Humankind
- An Account of the Zionist and Anthroposophist Ernst Müller"
Gerhard Wehr: "Between Martin Buber and Rudolf Steiner:
Hugo Bergman in Martin Buber's Biography"
Rudi Lissau: "Chosen Destiny"
Samuel Ichmann: "What God Is - or Isn't: A Jewish Waldorf
Teacher's View"
Ralf Sonnenberg: "The Dark Side of the Enlightenment—The
Eighteenth
Century, changing Perception of the World, and Anti-Semitism
in the Early Modern Age
János Darvas: "François Joseph Molitor's Philosophy
of History - Judaism As the Miniature Reflection of Humanity"
Dirk Lorenz: "Against a Return to Normality - Accusations
of Anti-Semitism As an Occasion for Self-Examination"
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From: dottie zold
Date: Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:46 pm
Subject: Re: new book
Hey Deborah,
I read the book. It was okay. I guess because
I already find these things throughout all of Dr. Steiners work
that there wasn't anything that stood out for me. After having
bought it I was involved with a Kabbala class and so it just
really hit home how ridiculous Mr. Staudenmaiers work is in relations
to what he is trying to put together regarding the Nazi ideology
and Dr. Steiner.
Dottie
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From: Deborah
Date: Tue Apr 20, 2004 5:23 pm
Subject: Re: new book
Dear Dottie,
Thanks for the info. I won't rush to buy it,
although I think I'll read it at some point. I've known and admired
Fred Paddock for years, so that is one reason I'm interested.
Deborah
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From: dottie zold
Date: Tue Apr 20, 2004 5:27 pm
Subject: Re: new book
Deborah:
I've known and admired Fred Paddock for
years, so that is one reason I'm interested.
Hey Deborah, I'll give a few shouts from some
of the comments I think may hit a note or two.
d
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From: Peter Staudenmaier
Date: Tue Apr 20, 2004 10:09 pm
Subject: Re: [anthroposophy_tomorrow] new book
Deborah and Dottie discussed the new book
Judaism and Anthroposophy. I highly recommend the final article
in this book, by Dirk Lorenz, which is about the very topic that
has aroused so much ire on this list, namely the question of
antisemitic and racist elements in Steiner's work. The version
of Lorenz's article that appears in the book is unfortunately
somewhat abridged; for anyone who reads German, the original
can be found at the Info3 website. I especially encourage my
various detractors to take a good look at this article, which
carries the subtitle "Accusations of Anti-Semitism as an
Occasion for Self-Examination".
Peter
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From: Peter Staudenmaier
Date: Tue Apr 20, 2004 10:25 pm
Subject: broken records
Sophia is definitely right that much of what
I post here is simply a recapitulation of things I have already
said. To my mind, that is one of the legitimate functions of
public discussion, reiterating and clarifying existing positions,
and is particularly called for when those positions are repeatedly
misunderstood. Here's a case in point. Dottie writes:
it just really hit home how ridiculous
Mr. Staudenmaiers work is in relations to what he is trying to
put together regarding the Nazi ideology and Dr. Steiner.
I think that the obvious explanation for this is that Dottie
has misunderstood my argument about the relationship between
Steiner's doctrines and Nazi ideology. She thinks I have portrayed
Steiner as a Nazi ideologue. Steiner was not a Nazi ideologue,
or a Nazi anything. In my analysis, early anthroposophy and early
Nazism were rival movements that shared a number of prominent
cultural themes and ideological premises. During his lifetime,
Steiner's followers sometimes referred to him as "Germany's
savior", and after his death some of Steiner's followers
found aspects of Nazism congenial. This does not mean that Steiner
himself was a Nazi.
Peter
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From: VALENTINA BRUNETTI
Date: Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:53 am
Subject: R: [anthroposophy_tomorrow] new book
Deborah, Deborah,
you gave another strike to my empty cash!!!
(25 Dollars and shipment fees -from USA to Italy-added!!)
Anyway: THANKS
Andrea
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