Monism [electronic resource] : Science, Philosophy, Religion, and the History of a Worldview /
Weir, T.editor.
The first survey in the English language of the history of naturalistic monism in the works of Haeckel, Spinoza, and others. Contributors demonstrate that, to a greater extent than previously shown, monism provided an essential epistemological framework for numerous religious, political and cultural movements between the 1840s and 1940s.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on the Cover; 1 The Riddles of Monism: An Introductory Essay; 2 Proto-Monism in German Philosophy, Theology, and Science, 1800-1845; 3 Alexander von Humboldt and Monism; 4 Monism and Suffering: A Theosophical Perspective; 5 Spinozist Monism: Perspectives from within and without the Monist Movement; 6 Monism and Morphology at the Turn of the Twentieth Century; 7 Monist Philosophy of Science: Between Worldview and Scientific Meta-Reflection; 8 Monism in Britain: Biologists and the Rationalist Press Association
9 Between Hegel and Haeckel: Monistic Worldview, Marxist Philosophy, and Biomedicine in Russia and the Soviet Union10 Monism, Racial Hygiene, and National Socialism; List of Contributors; Index
The first survey in the English language of the history of naturalistic monism in the works of Haeckel, Spinoza, and others. Contributors demonstrate that, to a greater extent than previously shown, monism provided an essential epistemological framework for numerous religious, political and cultural movements between the 1840s and 1940s.
Civilization—History.
Philosophy.
History.
Europe—History.
Social history.
Modern philosophy.
Cultural History.
History of Philosophy.
History of Science.
European History.
Social History.
Modern Philosophy.