Degeneration (Nordau)
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Degeneration (Nordau)
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Degeneration is a two-volume work of social criticism by Max Nordau. 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. These comments stemmed from his background as a trained physician, taught by the Parisi
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Two volume book by Max Nordau
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