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Faces of Degeneration

A European Disorder, c.1848–1918

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Paperback, 288 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | 1993
ISBN13: 9780521457538
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Cambridge University Press e druk, 1993 9780521457538
Onderdeel van serie Ideas in Context
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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.

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ISBN13:9780521457538
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:288

Inhoudsopgave

1. Contexts; Part I. France: 2. Dégénérescence and revolution; 3. Zola's prognosis; 4. The wake of dégénérescence; Part II. Italy: 5. Lombroso's criminal science; Part III. England: 6. Fictions of degeneration; 7. Crime, urban degeneration and national decadence; 8. Concluding remarks.

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