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A nice example of how Peter Staudenmaier
studiously avoids discussing objections to his work is shown
in this exchange. Ravagli, Leist, and Bader
have written a book on Steiner's allegedly racist statemtents
(in German), and go into considerable detail on the subject.
However, their results don't agree with Peter Staudenmaier's
own view, so thier work is trash, ignorant scholarship and
the like. But Peter Staudenmaier won't actually
argue their conclusions, only trash the quality of their work.
To: <anthroposophy_tomorrow@yahoogroups.com>
References: <20040303165034.2667.qmail@web14424.mail.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [anthroposophy_tomorrow] Settling the "nichts
weniger als" question
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 18:11:57 -0500
Peter,
Thanks for taking the time to reply. If I might follow up,
Daniel:
"Well, what do you make of their claim that the text
is in places inaccurate or incomplete?"
Peter Staudenmaier:
"They do not make this claim about the 1923 lecture on
"Color and the Races of Humankind" (see p. 111 of
the racism book). There are no missing parts of that text,
according to the Gesamtausgabe edition."
Daniel:
That is a bit of an evasive answer. Do you feel that the claim
that the text is in places inaccurate or incomplete has any
validity? Anywhere?
They actually do make that claim in one place, where they
speculate that the stenographer (who was sitting behind a
screen) took down “verarbeitet” instead of “erarbeitet”.
It is towards the end of part 5.1.3 in the discussion of the
1923 lecture on "Color and the Races of Humankind".
It is true that the GA doesn't indicate any missing parts
in the text.
Daniel:
"Do you have a position on the whole "blacks are
people too" context that Ravagli, Leist, and Bader offer?"
Peter Staudenmaier:
I think that Steiner's bit about blacks-are-people-too expresses
at worst a relatively mild form of racism. It is a trifle
compared to the numerous other racist claims he makes in that
lecture.
Daniel:
"At worst.." And at best? I am curious on your thoughts
about Ravagli, Leist, and Bader's argument on this point.
Do you or don't you buy the argument that Steiner was talking
to a racist audience and trying to change their views towards
greater tolerance of other races with this statement?
Daniel Hindes
Peter Staudenmaier did not respond to this post.
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