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

Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History

by Todd H. Weir (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.

267 pages, Hardcover

First published April 10, 2012

Reviews

[Erik · Rating 3 out of 5]

It served its purpose. Im on a search for a way to pin down what my philosophy on life is, and learning about Monism as oppose to dualism opened up as a good place. Right before I had started to read Descartes 'Discourse on Method' but got hung up on the paragraphs surrounding his famous line, "I think therefore I am." The idea didn't follow for me, and of course this idea being the start of dualism I started to look up dualism only to find something I had never heard of but of course seems only obvious now that it would exist, Monism. The introduction by Weir is what grabbed me and got me to purchase the book, and there are a few chapters by other authors that I found fascinating as well, but not every chapter. I'm glad I read it, as it did give some insight into what the idea of Monism sparked, and even some ideas for a book Im trying to work on, but definitely not for everyone. Or more accurately, only for very few.