Degeneration (Nordau)

Degeneration
AuthorMax Nordau
Original titleEntartung
LanguageGerman
GenreSocial criticism
Publication date
1892
Publication placeHungary

Degeneration (Entartung, 1892–1893) is a two-volume work of social criticism by Max Nordau.[1][2][3]

Within this work he attacks what he believed to be degenerate art and comments on the effects of a range of social phenomena of the period, such as rapid urbanization and its perceived effects on the human body. Nordau believed degeneration should be diagnosed as a mental illness because those who were deviant were sick and required therapy.[3] These comments stemmed from his background as a trained physician, taught by the Parisian neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot.[3]

  1. ^ Nordau, Max Simon (1896). Entartung. Wellcome Library. Berlin : C. Duncker.
  2. ^ Nordau, Max Simon (9 February 2016). Degeneration.
  3. ^ a b c Peters, Olaf (Spring 2016). "Fear and Propaganda: National Socialism and the concept of "Degenerate Art"". Social Research. 83 (1): 39–66. doi:10.1353/sor.2016.0015.

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