History. The term holism was introduced by the South African statesman Jan Smuts in his 1926 book, Holism and Evolution. Smuts defined holism as "The tendency in nature to form wholes that are greater than the sum of the parts through creative evolution."

When was holism created?

The term 'holism' is generally conceded to have been coined by the South African Jan Smuts in 1926. The Oxford English Dictionary definition is 'the tendency in nature to form wholes, that are greater than the sum of its parts, through creative evolution'.

Who introduced the holism?

Holism (from Greek ὅλος holos "all, whole, entire") is the idea that various systems (e.g. physical, biological, social) should be viewed as wholes, not merely as a collection of parts. The term "holism" was coined by Jan Smuts in his 1926 book Holism and Evolution.