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Degeneration
Degeneration
Degeneration
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Degeneration is a book by Max Nordau which was published in two volumes. 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.
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PublisherGood Press
Release dateNov 19, 2019
ISBN4057664128591
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