The Double-edged Sword
The Cult of Bildung, Its Downfall and Reconstitution in Fin-de-Siecle Germany (Rudolf Steiner and Max Weber)
This study traces how Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), founder of Anthroposophy and the Waldorf schools, and the sociologist Max Weber (1864-1920) confronted the societal transformations in fin-de-siecle Germany as their primary identity marker - Bildung or self-formation - began to break down. Les mer
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This study traces how Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), founder of Anthroposophy and the Waldorf schools, and the sociologist Max Weber (1864-1920) confronted the societal transformations in fin-de-siecle Germany as their primary identity marker - Bildung or self-formation - began to break down. The book documents the German bourgeoisie's failure to modernise as an 171; imagined community, shedding new light on the larger question about the interrelationship of science, religion, and culture by situating Weber's and Steiner's work into the broader context of the sociocultural and socio-political transformations during which it was created. Moreover, by exploring the influences across disciplines in a historical context the book provides insight into the cultural implications of new social science and religion at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Verlag Peter Lang
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 225
- ISBN
- 9783039100613
- Utgivelsesår
- 2004
- Format
- 22 x 15 cm
- Serie
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German Linguistic and Cultural Studies 11