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Mar 2022
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Steiner, Weber and the Disenchantment of...

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Aaron J. French is a post-doctoral researcher in Religious Studies at  the University of Erfurt in Germany.  His main research focuses on the  History of Esotericism, the History and Philosophy of Science, Sacred  Space and Architecture, modern German Philosophy, and Science and  Technology Studies. In this episode we discuss his dissertation Disenchanting and Re-Enchanting German Modernity with Max Weber and Rudolf Steiner.

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