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Anthroposophy and the Accusation of Racism : Society and Medicine in a Totalitarian Age / Peter Selg ; translated by Jeff Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Selg, Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthroposophy.
- Racism.
- Totalitarianism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (155 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hudson, NY : SteinerBooks, an imprint of Anthroposophic Press, Inc., 2022.
- Summary:
- "Rudolf Steiner and his work and anthroposophic medicine encounter frequent accusations of racism and antisemitism, most recently in newspaper reports on Waldorf schools. Peter Selg addresses this topic, placing Steiner in the whole history of his anthroposophic teachings, including the period of World War II in Europe, dealing with the methods and allegations, as well as the core of Steiner's intentions. He shows the teaching and activities of anthroposophic endeavors to be modern, innovative, humanistic, and cosmopolitan, and proven to lead to beneficial results"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preliminary Note
- Introduction
- Self-Determination and Foreign Determination
- The Dangers of Nationalism and Racism
- On Judaism: Diaspora and Assimilation
- An Ethnic Nation State?
- The Sephiroth Tree and the Future
- Rudolf Steiner's Critique of Anti-Semitism
- Anthroposophy in the Sights of the Radical Right and Clerical Circles
- In the Eyes of the NSDAP, the SS, and the Gestapo
- Adaptation and Resistance
- The Aims of Nazi Medicine
- The Counter-positions of Anthroposophic Medicine
- Spiritual-Scientific Foundations of a Medical Anthropology
- The Otherness of Others
- Therapeutic Resistance
- A "Key Role" in Nazi Medicine?
- Anthroposophic Doctors in the Third Reich
- Ita Wegman's "Exile"
- Medicine, Conscience, and Education
- Anthroposophy and Its Reception in the Twentieth Century
- Bibliography
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Selg, Peter Anthroposophy and the Accusation of Racism
- ISBN:
- 9781621482734
- 1621482731
- OCLC:
- 1402029027
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