THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD by Perry Myers, Peter Lutzeier ( 9783039100613 )

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Title:

THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
THE CULT OF BILDUNG, ITS DOWNFALL AND RECONSTITUTION IN FIN-DE-SIECLE GERMANY (RUDOLF STEINER AND MAX WEBER)

Volume:

v. 11

By:

Perry Myers, Peter Lutzeier

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

3039100610

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9783039100613

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Publisher:

VERLAG PETER LANG

Pub. date:

3 November, 2004

Series:

German Linguistic and Cultural Studies 11

Pages:

225

Synopsis:

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 « 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.

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Switzerland

Imprint:

Verlag Peter Lang

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