Sensitive Chaos: The Anarchy of Rudolf Steiner

WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR AN ORDER TO FORM AROUND A CENTER NO ONE OCCUPIES? AND IF A FREEDOM CAN BE COMMANDED, WAS IT EVER FREEDOM AT ALL?

IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM (1894), RUDOLF STEINER LOCATED THE SOURCE OF THE MORAL DEED IN INDIVIDUAL INTUITION, AND IN THINKING THAT HAS BECOME A LIVING, SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY. IF THE GOOD ARISES THERE, NO CHURCH, PARTY OR STATE CAN CLAIM THE LAST WORD ABOUT IT. THROUGH HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH JOHN HENRY MACKAY, BIOGRAPHER OF MAX STIRNER, STEINER STOOD IN REAL RELATION TO THE ANARCHIST MOVEMENTS OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. THE WORD "ANARCHY" HAS SINCE GATHERED ASSOCIATIONS THAT BURY WHAT HE MEANT: VIOLENCE, EVERYONE DOING WHAT THEY LIKE, A REFUSAL OF COMMUNITY. CLEAR THOSE AWAY AND SOMETHING ELSE APPEARS: THE ABSENCE OF IMPOSED COMMAND, AND THE ORDER THAT FORMS AMONG PEOPLE WHOSE THINKING IS ALIVE.

PART TWO

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