ABSTRACT
This part introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters. The part highlights three articles that cover anthropological concepts that tie directly to Waldorf education. The first article starts out from the Kantian differentiation between sensualism and rationalism; then shows how the more recent anthropological discussion attributes a much higher value to sensualism than historic educational concepts did. The second article discusses the positions of contemporary historic-pedagogic anthropology, which rejects any form of an authoritative concept of man. It outlines a concept of man—specific to Waldorf education—that leaves development open-ended and contains the ethos of individual freedom. Finally, in an internal study with a Waldorf teacher college, the third article pursues the question of how teachers incorporate the specific anthropological impulses of Rudolf Steiner into their teaching practice.
