This is riveting. Thanks Peter.I hadn't read about Massimo Scaligero. I was wondering if he took the anthroposophic spiritual racism, and blew it up into his...
Zooey- I re-read that old post- it's wonderful. Apart from anything, those it was ranting about deserved every word; (and it also is good to know that other...
... I think most anthroposophists are still unaware of Scaligero's racial writings. Even Italian anthroposophists, who have ready access to the texts...
Hi Tom, thanks, I hadn't seen the open letter to me. If I'm reading it right, it sounds like her basic argument is another version of fairly standard...
Hi Zooey, ... That's a complicated question in Scaligero's case. What he was trying to do was a considerable challenge for Italian race theorists in the...
Hi Cathy, ... All of those factors played a role. Along with other Italian racial theorists who worked on the Fascist race campaign, Scaligero did indeed try...
Hello all, several current and former listmates asked for links to our previous discussions of Scaligero's work. Many of those exchanges, including several...
... That's no excuse. Publishers should have some clue what they're publishing. If you're going to publish somebody and put up blurbs on your web site and in...
http://mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=1056915 I haven't had time to read it all, but it looks useful. Linda Clemens chimes in eventually, doing her...
... Surprise surprise! Wouldn't life be a whole lot of fun and more exciting if all that old stuff just appeared like totally new stuff all the time!! Very...
... And I strongly encourage you, Peter, to cease encouraging others. You're beginning to sound like a parrot. I love the parrot race, but no, I wouldn't want...
... Hi, Zoo, I'm glad to hear that you appreciated my work and ROFLed. A waste of time, certainly, but not so much time nowadays with copy, click, paste,...
It's been my experience that the Waldorf School has been closed off. What if things changed? What if a spirited and lively discussion were to take place on any...
... Turnabout is fair play. In retrospect I should have given Zooey a warning, I'm sorry I was distracted by work at the time. It was so over-the-top I don't...
2009/4/2 Frank Thomas Smith <eltrigal78@...> ... But, you know, maybe you didn't notice?, that post was posted 6 months ago. As far as I know Dan only...
Howdy Frank, ... Why? You plainly need encouragement on this topic, since you haven't grappled with it on your own so far. You've been an anthroposophist for...
Much of anthroposophist Massimo Scaligero’s racial ideal revolved around a cult of Romanness centered on mythic images of Rome’s ancient glory. Such...
... Hi, Pete. Here's a list I compiled a while ago. It's more than 10 items, but you know me. In my essay "Clues" http://waldorf-problems.com/clues I discuss...
Hi Pete, ... Scaligero paid a lot of attention to "surpassing the materialistic aspects of race." The theme comes up again and again in his racial works from...
... I don't have any informed observations about how this topic plays out in Waldorf contexts, but I do think it is an interesting example of anthroposophical...
Thanks Roger, This is very good work. I'm tempted to compile: 10 questions to ask Waldorf teachers... ALONG WITH the 10 pat answers you will get... LOL! Q1....
Greetings Frank, ... It isn't a scholarly duty, it's a standard part of public discussion as such, as practiced by non-scholars around the world for many...
Hi all, below is a reply from Stephen Clarke to one of my posts from yesterday about Massimo Scaligero. Stephen asked me to forward it to the list. Peter S. ...
Or you could do it Jeopardy style. Write the honest answers and then write the questions. Margaret ... From: Pete Karaiskos <pkcompany@...> Subject:...
... I like this. And I'd certainly include the honest answers along with the b.s. answers: Ten questions to ask Waldorf teachers; what they will probably say;...
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