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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      03 May 2011
      19 October 1989
      ISBN:
      9780511558573
      9780521457538
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511558573
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.485kg, 288 Pages
      • Subjects:
      History of Ideas, History, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
      Series:
      Ideas in Context (15)
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    Subjects:
    History of Ideas, History, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
    Series:
    Ideas in Context (15)
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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.

    Reviews

    ‘Pick has made a remarkable contribution here to a comparative understanding of degeneration theory and suggested new ways to study the spread and meaning of medical culture.’

    Robert A. Nye Source: Medical History

    ‘An account of Faces of Degeneration would demand another book, which would never be as good as the one Pick has written.’

    Eugen Weber Source: The Times Literary Supplement

    ‘ … essential intellectual historical background for the history of anthropology in the later 19th century.’

    George Stocking Source: American Ethnologist

    ‘Dr Pick’s study makes a distinguished addition to CUP's series ‘Ideas in Context’. Granted the standards already established it would be difficult to offer higher praise.’

    Michael Biddis Source: French History

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