Degeneration (Nordau)
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Degeneration (Entartung, 1892–1893) is a two-volume work of social criticism by Max Nordau.[1][2][3]
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Author | Max Nordau |
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Original title | Entartung |
Country | Hungary |
Language | German |
Genre | Social criticism |
Publication date | 1892 |
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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]