Threefold Democracy

TitleThreefold Democracy
Year for Search1944
AuthorsLang, Walter Shaw
Date Published[1944]
PublisherWright & Jaques
Place PublishedAuckland, New Zealand
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Male author
Annotation

Detailed non-fiction eutopia. Influenced by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), the Austrian founder of Anthroposophy. The threefold division is into a sphere of freedom, a sphere of rights, and a sphere of economics. Stress on economics, including the R-L Plan for a sinking fund. Workers should ultimately be able to own the enterprises in which they work.

Info Notes

Developed, elaborated, and commented on in William Gilbert Russell and Walter [Shaw] Lang, The R-L Plan. [Auckland, New Zealand: Star Printing, [1933] (ATL); Lang, Time-Society including The R-L Plan (Rpt. 6-26). Auckland, New Zealand: Author, 1933 (ATL); Lang, "Notes On Threefold Democracy". Auckland, New Zealand: Wright & Jaques, 1948 (ATL, M, O); Lang, Opinions: An Essay with Reference to "Threefold Democracy" and "Notes on Threefold Democracy". Auckland, New Zealand: Wright & Jaques, 1950, Lang, Criteria of the Conduct of Mundane Affairs: An Essay. Auckland, New Zealand: Author, 21st June 1967; and Lang, To the Reader of the Essay--Criteria of the Conduct of Mundane Affairs: A Supplementary Essay. Auckland, New Zealand: Author, 6th September 1968 (ATL).

Holding Institutions

ATL, M, O, VUW

Author Note

Aotearoa/New Zealand author.

Full Text

[1944] Lang, Walter Shaw. Threefold Democracy. Auckland, New Zealand: Wright & Jaques. ATL, M, O, VUW

Detailed non-fiction eutopia influenced by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), the Austrian founder of Anthroposophy. The threefold division is into a sphere of freedom, a sphere of rights, and a sphere of economics. Stress on economics, including the R-L Plan for a sinking fund. Workers should ultimately be able to own the enterprises in which they work. Developed, elaborated, and commented on in William Gilbert Russell and Walter [Shaw] Lang, The R-L Plan. [Auckland, New Zealand: Star Printing, [1933] (ATL); Lang, Time-Society including The R-L Plan. Auckland, New Zealand: Author, 1933 (ATL); Lang, “Notes On Threefold Democracy”. Auckland, New Zealand: Wright & Jaques, 1948 (ATL, M, O); Lang, Opinions: An Essay with Reference to “Threefold Democracy” and “Notes on Threefold Democracy”. Auckland, New Zealand: Wright & Jaques, 1950, Lang, Criteria of the Conduct of Mundane Affairs: An Essay. Auckland, New Zealand: Author, 21st June 1967; and Lang, To the Reader of the Essay--Criteria of the Conduct of Mundane Affairs: A Supplementary Essay. Auckland, New Zealand: Author, 6th September 1968 (ATL). Aotearoa/New Zealand author.