Faces of Degeneration

A European Disorder, 1848-1918
Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-0-521-45753-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 285 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

Reihe: Ideas in Context

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pick, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.