Faces of degeneration: a European disorder, c. 1848 - c. 1918

This book investigates the specific conception and descent of a language of 'degeneration' from 1848–1918, with particular reference to France, Italy and England. Daniel Pick shows how in the refraction and wake of evolution and naturalism, new images and theories of atavism, 'degener...

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Main Author: Pick, Daniel 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press May 2011
Series:Ideas in context 15
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Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:This book investigates the specific conception and descent of a language of 'degeneration' from 1848–1918, with particular reference to France, Italy and England. Daniel Pick shows how in the refraction and wake of evolution and naturalism, new images and theories of atavism, 'degenerescence' and socio-biological decline emerged in European culture and politics. He indicates the wide cultural and political importance of the idea of degeneration, whilst showing that the notion could mean different things at different times in different places
Physical Description:1 online resource (275 pages) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780511558573
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511558573

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