Degeneration the Dark Side of Progress / / Sander L. Gilman, J. Edward Chamberlin.

A collection of essays examining degeneration from an historical view as well as through social and natural sciences and the arts.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1985]
©1985
Year of Publication:1985
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Degeneration: An Introduction --
1. History and Degeneration: Of Birds and Cages --
2. Anthropology and Degeneration: Birds, Words, and Orangutans --
3. Sociology and Degeneration: The Irony of Progress --
4. Sexology, Psychoanalysis, and Degeneration: From a Theory of Race to a Race to Theory --
5. Biology and Degeneration: Races and Proper Places --
6. Medicine and Degeneration: Theory and Praxis --
7. Technology and Degeneration: The Sublime Machine --
8. Political Theory and Degeneration: From Left to Right, From up to down --
9. Literature and Degeneration: The Representation of "Decadence" --
10. Art and Degeneration: Visual Icons of Corruption --
11. Theater and Degeneration: Subversion and Sexuality --
12. Images of Degeneration: Turnings and Transformations --
Degeneration: Conclusion --
Index
Summary:A collection of essays examining degeneration from an historical view as well as through social and natural sciences and the arts.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780231880664
9783110442489
DOI:10.7312/cham90822
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Sander L. Gilman, J. Edward Chamberlin.