Monism: Science, Philosophy, Religion, and the History of a Worldview [Hardcover]

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.The Riddles of Monism: An Introductory Essay; T.H.Weir? Proto-monism in German Philosophy, Theology, and Science, 1800 to 1845; F.Gregory? Alexander von Humboldt and Monism; N.Rupke? Monism and Suffering: A Theosophical Perspective; G.Viswanathan ? Spinozist Monism: Perspectives from within and without the Monist Movement; T.Matysik ? Monism and Morphology at the Turn of the Twentieth Century; S.Gliboff? Monist Philosophy of Science: Between Worldview and Scientific Meta-reflection; P.Ziche ? Monism in Britain: Biologists and the Rationalist Press Association; P.J.Bowler ? Between Hegel and Haeckel: Monistic Worldview, Marxist Philosophy and Biomedicine in Russia and the Soviet Union; I.J.Polianski Monism, Racial Hygiene, and National Socialism; H.Fangerau

Hear an interview with editor Todd H. Weir on New Books in Intellectual History, here:

http://newbooksinintellectualhistory.com/2013/11/25/todd-h-weir-monism-science-philosophy-religion-and-the-history-of-a-worldview-palgrave-2012/

'Monism is a devilish shapeshifter. This volume takes up the challenge of recognizing and analysing monism in a wide diversity of forms, from the early nineteenth century to 1945. Collectively, its authors deepen the discussion of monism as a worldview while extending our understanding of its philosophical, social and political locations.' - German History

'This set of wonderfully probing essays greatly deepens our understanding of monism as both intellectual movement and cultural mood. The expansive scope of the monist empire is matched by an interdisciplinary range of authors who coló