By Rudolf Steiner

Translated by Lisa D. Monges and Doris M. Bugby.
Bn 296; GA 296; CW 296

These lectures were given one month before the opening of the first Waldorf school in the context of post-war Germany.They were translated from shorthand reports unrevised by the lecturer, from the German edition published with the title, Die Erziehungsfrage als soziale Frage Die spirituellen, kulturgeschichtlichen und sozialen Hintergründe der Waldorfschul-Pädagogik (Vol. 296 in the Bibliographical Survey, 1961). Translated by Lisa D. Monges and Doris M. Bugby.

Cover: Title-lettering by Peter Stebbing Motif by Rudolf Steiner (originally made in 1921 for Hermann von Baravalle's dissertation).

This translation is presented here with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland. From Bn 296, GA 296, CW 296.