History Faculty Research and Publications

Rudolf Steiner and the Jewish Question

Peter Staudenmaier — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:01:42 PDT

Rudolf Steiner and the Jewish Question

Peter Staudenmaier — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:22:18 PDT

Race and Redemption: Racial and Ethnic Evolution in Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy

Peter Staudenmaier — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:28:41 PDT

With its origins in modern Theosophy, Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy is built around a racial view of human nature arranged in a hierarchical framework. This article examines the details of the Anthroposophical theory of cosmic and individual redemption and draws out the characteristic assumptions about racial and ethnic difference that underlie it. Particular attention is given to textual sources unavailable in English, which reveal the specific features of Steiner’s account of “race evolution” and “soul evolution.” Placing Steiner’s worldview in its historical and ideological context, the article highlights the contours of racial thinking within a prominent alternative spiritual movement and delineates the central role of a racially configured conception of evolution within Anthroposophy past and present.

Reclaiming Beaches for the People on the Fourth of July

Andrew W. Kahrl 1978- — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:48:13 PST

During these dog days of summer, millions of Americans will flock to the nation’s shores for comfort and relief. Who will go, where they will go, and who they can expect to find there speaks volumes about class in America. Now more so than ever, the distribution of people on America’s beaches each summer mirrors those bar graphs that illustrate the distribution of wealth in the nation as a whole. Long stretches of shore are the exclusive dominion of America’s super rich. A substantial segment is fenced off for the enjoyment of a shrinking upper middle class who can still afford to go on vacations or own second homes. What little remains is for the rest of us; and of that, a dwindling amount could be considered safe for bathing. My neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for instance, hugs the western shore of Lake Michigan. Yet few of my mostly white, well-to-do neighbors can be found bathing or picnicking on this urban shoreline (voted for the second year in a row as one of the nation’s most polluted). Those of us who can afford to will rent a cottage along a secluded, sometimes privately owned, beach, or stay in an expensive seaside hotel in one of America’s vacation destinations, where the price of admission includes exclusive access to a spacious, well-manicured beach. Meanwhile, our neighborhood beach plays host to the city’s working poor, mostly black and Hispanic, who come despite the occasional water quality alert, and despite the sorely neglected state of the beach itself, another victim of our city’s struggle to maintain basic public services in our age of austerity.

Children in the Civil War

James Marten — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:03:15 PST

The Civil War affected every aspect of the lives of American children, lending excitement to the lives of Northern children, imposing hardships and limitations on Southern white children, and changing the lives of African-American children forever.

Union and Confederate Veterans

James Marten — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:59:31 PST

Translation of Girolamo Savonarola's "May I Love You, Lord," A Modern Psalm

John Donnelly — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:11:50 PDT

Ignatius of Loyola

John Donnelly — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:06:08 PDT

The Jesuit College at Padua: Growth, Suppression, Attempts at Restoration

John Donnelly — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:34:03 PDT

Antonio Possevino's Tribute to Edmund Campion

John Donnelly — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:01:17 PDT

Antonio Possevino and Jesuits of Jewish Ancestry

John Donnelly — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:44:09 PDT

Antonio Possevino, S.J. as Papal Mediator between Emperor Rudolf II and King Stephan Bathory

John Donnelly — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:55:09 PDT

Saint Joan of Arc

John Donnelly — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:16:46 PDT

Saint Ignatius Loyola and Jesuit History

John Donnelly — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:51:36 PDT

Some Noteworthy Jesuits

John Donnelly — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:35:54 PDT

Edmund Campion; Peter Canisius; Diego Laínez; Luis de Molina; Matteo Ricci; Thomas Stapleton; Francisco Suárez [Encyclopedia Entries]

John Donnelly — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:34:35 PDT

Family Relationships

James Marten — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:14:36 PDT

The Social and Ethical Thought of Peter Martyr Vermigli

John Donnelly — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:24:02 PDT

Short Title Bibliography of the Works of Peter Martyr Vermigli

John Donnelly — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:19:17 PDT

Jesuit Controversialists and the Defense of Tridentine Tradition

John Donnelly — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:30:28 PDT