arch/ive/ief (2000 - 2005)

Het Tijdschrift voor Onafhankelijke Maatschappijkritiek (Tomsk) brengt deze keer verhalen over van fraude beschuldigde uitkeringstrekkers, de agenda van o.a. het kraakcollectief Bruxxel, tips voor surftrips,... maar ook:

Anthroposophy and Ecofascism, An Ongoing Debate.

In his article "The Art of Making White into Black," Göran Fant says that he is unable to recognize the portrait of anthroposophy Peter Staudenmaier painted in his article "Anthroposophy and Ecofascism." It is not surprising
that he found Staudenmaier's portrait hard to swallow, since Fant is convinced that anthroposophy is by definition anti-racist and opposed to nationalist and right wing politics. One cannot argue with Fant's personal beliefs, but they are unfortunately incompatible with anthroposophy's actual historical record. In the course of the several debates that have ensued since Staudenmaier's article was first published, he has become increasingly
aware that many contemporary anthroposophists are woefully uninformed about the history of their own doctrine. In the "Art of Avoiding History," Staudenmaier contributes to a more accurate view by responding to some of Fant's claims. http://www.social-ecology.org/jump.php?id=50

"The Steiner I know," writes Peter Normann Waage in his article "New Myths About Rudolf Steiner," was the nicest guy you ever met. As frivolous as Waage's arguments are, they point to a serious issue: the Janus face of anthroposophy. Steiner's writings are an incoherent mix of contradictory ideas, which allows his epigones to pick and choose those elements that foster the progressive and enlightened image they wish to project. The Janus face of anthroposophy also allows its partisans to deflect any criticism, no matter how copiously substantiated, via the simple method of counter-presentation: when you show them all of the books Steiner wrote outlining his esoteric theory of Aryan supremacy, they simply ignore them and point instead to other passages where Steiner preaches brotherhood and tolerance. Peter Zegers and Peter Staudenmaier respond to Waage's in "The Janus Face of Anthroposophy," http://www.social-ecology.org/jump.php?id=51

Wat er nog op het programma staat voor binnenkort? Een update van de website en een opnieuw uitgebrachte vertaling van "Post-scarcity anarchism", een tekst die Murray Bookchin op het einde van de jaren zestig schreef.

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