Anthroposophists and Waldorf educators suppress the racist and anti-Semitic sides of their founder Rudolf Steiner. An interview with the religious philosopher Ansgar Martins.
You are a former Waldorf student yourself and have taken a very critical look at the writings of Rudolf Steiner. What infuriates you about anthroposophy?
Unfortunately, outrage is the air in which this debate is taking place. Waldorfians and their critics are outraged around the clock. For my part, I want to know more about how it all works. How could a globally popular pedagogy emerge from an esoteric worldview that is more than 100 years old?