Bibliography No. 23

     German language editions:  1919, 1920, 1961, 1976
                                ISBN 3-7274-0230-X
     [DIE KERNPUNKTE DER SOZIALEN FRAGE in den Lebensnotwendigkeiten
        der Gegenwart und Zukunft]

     Five Versions of this work have appeared in English
translation, each with its own title.  All are complete except
the one entitled THE THREEFOLD SOCIAL ORDER which is abbreviated.

     This work, written late in the life of Rudolf Steiner, makes use
of a threefold analysis of the human individual and of human society.
Man as an individual or in a group functions basically in three modes:
thinking/perceiving, feeling/valuing, and willing/planning/acting. A
unit of functioning, whether a part of an individual or part of a
society has its proper role. Each role needs a certain respect from
other areas if it is to function properly. Each role should be
appropriately related to the other two roles or functions. In
society, the three partitions are:  the cultural-spiritual, the
production-economic, and the "sphere of rights" including legal
rights.  As the analysis unfolds, it may be noticed that there is
seldom a "pure case" but there are various mixes with one aspect
often predominataing.  The manner in which the three aspects of
society relate to the three aspects of the individual is a
fascinating and intricate one, and one which has an important
bearing on the future of human society.

     This is not another "utopia" but a practical suggestion
concerning details which may be incorporated into society one
at a time, from time to time.

     The four sections of the book are:

1. The Nature of the Social Question in the Life of Modern Man
2. Meeting Social Needs
3. Capitalism and Creative Social Ideas (Capital and Human Labor)
4. International Aspects

     English editions are listed below.

THE TRIORGANIC SOCIAL ORGANISM, The Goetheanum Press of America,
Detroit, Mich., 1920, 135 pp., translated from the German by
O. Henry Frederick

THE THREEFOLD STATE, Allen and Unwin, London, 1920, 201 pp.,
translated from the German by Ethel Bowen-Wedgwood and
George Adams

THE THREEFOLD COMMONWEALTH, The Threefold Commonwealth Publishing
Association, London and New York, 1922, 206 pp., newly translated
from the German by Ethel Bowen-Wedgwood and George Adams

THE THREEFOLD COMMONWEALTH, Anthroposophical Publishing Co.,
London, 1923, 147 pp., translated from the 2nd German edition
of 1920, translator unknown

THE THREEFOLD COMMONWEALTH, The Threefold Commonwealth Publishing
Association, London and New York, 1943, 206 pp., translated from
German by E. Bowen-Wedgwood

THE THREEFOLD SOCIAL ORDER, abbreviated version, Anthroposophic
Press, New York, 1966, 115 pp., translated from the German by
F. Heckel

THE THREEFOLD SOCIAL ORDER, abbreviated version, Anthroposophic
Press, New York, 1972, 82 pp., translated from the German by
F. Heckel

TOWARDS SOCIAL RENEWAL, Rudolf Steiner Press, London, 1977,
146pp. plus notes, translated from the German
by Frank Thomas Smith
                                            ISBN 0-85440-311-6 Cloth
                                            ISBN 0-85440-312-4 Paper

THREEFOLD SOCIAL ORDER, New Economy Publications, Coventry, England,
56 pp.                                      ISBN 0 948229 217 Paper

Reprinted by Kessinger Publ.

TOWARD A THREEFOLD SOCIETY: BASIC ISSUES OF THE SOCIAL QUESTION,
Anthroposophical Publications, Fremont, MI, 2021, 176 pp.
translated by Frank Thomas Smith
                                            ISBN 978-1948302197 Cloth
                                            ISBN 978-1948302166 Paper