Utilizing hitherto unexplored material that has become available only after the dismantling of
the Berlin Wall this book examines the Monist philosophy of the German zoologist Ernst Haeckel
and its role in stimulating the birth of Fascist ideology in Italy and France. Focusing on the
relevance of evolutionary science Fascist thought is revealed as intimately related to
Haeckel's scientific Monism - an approach that differs from most interpretations that tend to
voice skepticism about the existence of a specific intellectual origin for Fascist ideology.
