Editing Ernst Haeckel (section)

=== Politics ===
Haeckel's affinity for the German [[Romanticism|Romantic movement]], coupled with his acceptance of a form of [[Lamarckism]], influenced his political beliefs. Rather than being a strict [[Natural selection|Darwinian]], Haeckel believed that the characteristics of an organism were acquired through interactions with the environment and that [[ontogeny]] reflected [[phylogeny]]. He saw the [[social science]]s as instances of "applied biology", and that phrase was picked up and used for [[Nazi propaganda]].<ref name=HaeckelUCB>"Ernst Haeckel" (biography), [[UC Berkeley]], 2004, webpage: [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/haeckel.html BerkeleyEdu-Haeckel].</ref>

He was the first person to use the term "first world war" about [[World War I]].<ref name="Shapiro329">
{{cite book
 |title= The Yale Book of Quotations
 |editor= [[Fred R. Shapiro]] |publisher= [[Yale University Press]]
 |year= 2006 |pages= 329
 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=w5-GR-qtgXsC&q=The+Yale+book+of+quotations
 |isbn= 978-0-300-10798-2
 |quote= There is no doubt that the course and character of the feared "European War"...will become the first world war in the full sense of the word. ''[[Indianapolis Star]]'', 20 September 1914
}}
</ref>

However, Haeckel's books were banned by the [[Nazi Party]], which refused Monism and Haeckel's freedom of thought. Moreover, it is worth mentioning that Haeckel had often overtly recognized the great contribution of educated Jews to the German culture.<ref>{{cite book|first=Ernst|last=Haeckel|title=The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel|pages=41}}</ref>