Mechanism selectively absorbed conservative and purged radical organic ideas

Evidence

From the spectrum of Renaissance organic philosophies, mechanism took over ideas compatible with order, control, and manipulation, while rejecting those associated with change, uncertainty, and unpredictability. Conservative ideas, such as the passivity and manipulability of matter conducive to the domination and control of nature, were appropriated into the new philosophical framework, while the more radical vitalistic and animistic ideas were subjected to severe criticism and rejected. — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 765

Categorization

• XREF: Directly extends the earlier chapter-36 claim that mechanism suppressed radical egalitarian organicism while keeping its hierarchical side. — connects to: Mechanism suppressed radical egalitarian organicism while keeping its hierarchical side — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 534; Established organic forces consistently absorb spontaneous mass movements; A radical party must counterpose an organic program to dominant classes’ spontaneous attraction — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 435

Broader Connections

• Established organic forces consistently absorb spontaneous mass movements #exemplifies (0.88)
• A radical party must counterpose an organic program to dominant classes’ spontaneous attraction #exemplifies (0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 435