Daniel E. Gasman (1933 – 19 December 2012) was an American historian at
John Jay College
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and the
Graduate Center at City University of New York.
He earned his PhD from
University of Chicago
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in modern intellectual history.
His most famous book is ''The Scientific Origins of National Socialism'', which has been both praised and criticized by scholars. His second book, ''Haeckel's Monism and the Birth of Fascist Ideology'', has been reviewed in journals.
[Alexander De Grand, "Haeckel's Monism and the Birth of Fascist Ideology by Daniel Gasman," ]American Historical Review
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, Vol. 105, No. 3 (Jun., 2000), pp. 883-884
Books
*''The Scientific Origins of National Socialism: Social Darwinism in Ernst Haeckel and the German
Monist League'' (London and New York: Macdonald and American Elsevier, 1971)
*''Haeckel's Monism and the Birth of Fascist Ideology'' (New York: Peter Lang: 1998)
References
External links
Daniel Gasman CVFrom Haeckel to Hitler: The Anatomy of a Controversy
*http://www.ferris.edu/isar/academic-controversies/gasman.htm
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1933 births
2012 deaths
Historians of Germany
American historians
Graduate Center, CUNY faculty
John Jay College of Criminal Justice faculty
University of Chicago alumni