In 1975 the physicist Fritjof Capra publishes The Tao of Physics, arguing that modern physics and Eastern mysticism arrive at the same vision of a dynamic, unified reality. The book sells in the millions and becomes the emblem of the synthesis in its scientific dress: monism presented as the conclusion of physics itself.
Tagged: Eastern Pantheistic Monism
The Event
- Date
- 1975 (exact)
- Era
- The Construction Named and Weighed; Periodization of the construction and its sources
- Location
- Berkeley; today Berkeley, California
- Traditions
- Eastern Pantheistic Monism
- Streams
- Eastern Pantheistic Monism
- Key figures
- Fritjof Capra
- Key texts
- The Tao of Physics
Connections
Primary Sources
- Capra, Fritjof. The Tao of Physics. Boulder: Shambhala, 1975.
Secondary Sources
- Clarke, J. J. Oriental Enlightenment: The Encounter Between Asian and Western Thought. London: Routledge, 1997.
- Halbfass, Wilhelm. India and Europe: An Essay in Understanding. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988.
- King, Richard. Orientalism and Religion: Postcolonial Theory, India and 'the Mystic East'. London: Routledge, 1999.
Provenance: HIST-1381; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-30.
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