A Valuable Synthesis on Germanic Holism, 1890-1945@@@Reenchanted Science: Holism in German Culture from Wilhelm II to Hitler

@article{Schmid1996AVS,
  title={A Valuable Synthesis on Germanic Holism, 1890-1945@@@Reenchanted Science: Holism in German Culture from Wilhelm II to Hitler},
  author={Rudolf Schmid and Anne Harrington},
  journal={Taxon},
  year={1996},
  volume={46},
  pages={610}
}
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionCh. 1The "Human Machine" and the Call to "Wholeness"3Ch. 2Biology against Democracy and the "Gorilla-Machine"34Ch. 3World War I and the Search for God in the Nervous System72Ch. 4"A Peacefully Blossoming Tree": The Rational Enchantment of Gestalt Psychology103Ch. 5The Self-Actualizing Brain and the Biology of Existential Choice140Ch. 6Life Science, Nazi Wholeness, and the "Machine" in Germany's Midst175Conclusion207Notes213Bibliography275Index303 
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