Synopses & Reviews
Out of his passionate engagement with the social problems of the modern age, Steiner here discusses the political, economic, and social conflicts of our time as symptoms of faulty thinking. His analysis of economic crises, unemployment, and political uprisings unmasks their true nature as signs of the need for new thinking.
In forceful, clear language, Steiner presents his vision of the threefold social order, an order based on free will and spiritual insight and therefore appropriate for free individuals in our time. Steiner's insights come as a fresh breeze of air, awakening us to responsibility and hope.
Synopsis
5 lectures, Basel and Zurich, January 5-March 18, 1920 (CW 334)
Transforming society requires a transformation of thinking
In these still-relevant lectures, Rudolf Steiner shows that today's political, economic, and social problems are symptoms of our faulty thinking. His convincing analysis of economic crises, unemployment, and political uprisings unmasks such problems as signs of our desperate need for new thinking. In a very accessible way, Steiner describes how spiritual science and the kind of thinking it fosters can lead to a renewal of society and to true freedom for individuals.
In view of the current condition of our economy and the seeming chaos of international politics, Steiner's insights come as a fresh breeze that awakens us to responsibility and renewed hope. In passionate, lucid language, Steiner presents his vision of the threefold social order, a system based on free will and spiritual insight.
CONTENTS
Foreword by Sabine H. Seiler
Introduction by Gary Lamb
1. Methods and Goals of Spiritual Science
2. The Foundation of Physical and Mental Health in Spiritual Science
3. Ethical and Religious Forces in the Light of Spiritual Science
4. The Spirit and the Demonic in the Present and in the Future
5. Spiritual Forces in National Life and in Education
This volume is a translation of 5 (of 11) lectures in Vom Einheitsstaat zum dreigliedrigen sozialen Organismus (GA 334).