Reenchanted Science: Holism in German Culture from Wilhelm II to Hitler

by Anne Harrington

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By the 1920s in Central Europe, it had become a truism among intellectuals that natural science had "disenchanted" the world, and in particular had reduced humans to mere mechanisms, devoid of higher purpose. But could a new science of "wholeness" heal what the old science of the "machine" had wrought? Some contemporary scientists thought it could. These years saw the spread of a new, "holistic" science designed to nourish the heart as well as the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691021422

ISBN13:9780691021423

Release Date:July 1996

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 7.8" x 10.0"

Related Subjects

Europe Germany History History & Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Social Sciences

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