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Degeneration the Dark Side of Progress

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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1985

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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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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Contents

    V
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    Preface

    VII
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    Degeneration: An Introduction

    IX
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    1. History and Degeneration: Of Birds and Cages

    1
    Modris Eksteins
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    2. Anthropology and Degeneration: Birds, Words, and Orangutans

    24
    James A. Boon
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    3. Sociology and Degeneration: The Irony of Progress

    49
    Robert A. Nye
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    4. Sexology, Psychoanalysis, and Degeneration: From a Theory of Race to a Race to Theory

    72
    Sander L. Gilman
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    5. Biology and Degeneration: Races and Proper Places

    97
    Nancy Stepan
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    6. Medicine and Degeneration: Theory and Praxis

    121
    Eric T. Carlson
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    7. Technology and Degeneration: The Sublime Machine

    145
    William Leiss
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    8. Political Theory and Degeneration: From Left to Right, From up to down

    165
    Stuart C. Gilman
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    9. Literature and Degeneration: The Representation of “Decadence”

    199
    Sandra Siegel
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    10. Art and Degeneration: Visual Icons of Corruption

    220
    Patrick Bade
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    11. Theater and Degeneration: Subversion and Sexuality

    241
    Simon Williams
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    12. Images of Degeneration: Turnings and Transformations

    263
    J. Edward Chamberlin
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    Degeneration: Conclusion

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    Index

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