01883    a2200373   4500001001100000005001700011008004100028020002200069037003700091040000700128041000800135072001600143072001400159072001400173072001500187072001400202072001400216072001200230072001200242072001300254072001400267072002100281072002100302072002100323072002100344072001800365100001700383245008800400250000600488260003200494300001000526520095800536999001501494103256638820250328151426.0250324042025GB        20           eng    a9781032566382qBB  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 145.00fBB  a01  aeng7 aJHBA2thema7 aQD2thema7 aJB2thema7 aGTM2thema7 a1F2bisac7 aJHBA2bic7 aHP2bic7 aJF2bic7 aGTB2bic7 a1F2bisac7 aSOC0260402bisac7 aSOC0080202bisac7 aSOC0240002bisac7 aSOC0080002bisac7 a204.222bisac1 aAaron French10aMax Weber, Rudolf Steiner, and Modern Western EsotericismbA Transcultural Approach  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20250310  a200 p  bThis book challenges previous definitions of modernity by comparing Max Weber (1864–1920), often considered the most important sociologist of the 20th century, and Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), founder of Waldorfpädagogik and the esoteric social reform movement of anthroposophy. While acknowledging that Weber and Steiner were different in several respects, this research illustrates that the individual histories of these two thinkers are more entangled than previously recognized. This includes the influence of esotericism on their thinking, as well as their profound concern with science and technological change and an openness to the religious and philosophical concepts of the civilizations of South and East Asia. Demonstrating the importance of non-European influences for a full understanding of modernity, this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Asian and European philosophy, social theory, and Asian society.  c8521d8521