Mechanism suppressed radical egalitarian organicism while keeping its hierarchical side

Evidence

From the spectrum of Renaissance organicist philosophies outlined above, the mechanists would appropriate and transform presuppositions at the conservative or hierarchical end while denouncing those associated with the more radical religious and political perspectives. The rejection and removal of organic and animistic features and the substitution of mechanically describable components would become the most significant and far-reaching effect of the Scientific Revolution. — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 534

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The organic theory of society took three politically distinct forms — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 338; Political equality made society secretly more hierarchical than before — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 269; Mechanism selectively absorbed conservative and purged radical organic ideas — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 765 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Mechanism selectively absorbed conservative and purged radical organic ideas #corroborates (0.92) — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 765
• Political equality made society secretly more hierarchical than before #expands (0.82) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 269
• Dominants adopt individualism as a new defense when group-based hierarchy is challenged #complicates (0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 674