{"product_id":"faces-of-degeneration-a-european-disorder-c-1848-1918-paperback-9780521457538","title":"Faces of Degeneration; A European Disorder, c.1848–1918 (Paperback) 9780521457538","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFaces of Degeneration\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA European Disorder, c.1848–1918\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book investigates the specific conception and descent of a language of 'degeneration' from 1848–1918.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel Pick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521457538, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 July 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 10 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.41 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'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, French History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Contexts\u003cbr\u003e Part I. France: 2. Dégénérescence and revolution\u003cbr\u003e 3. Zola's prognosis\u003cbr\u003e 4. The wake of dégénérescence\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Italy: 5. Lombroso's criminal science\u003cbr\u003e Part III. England: 6. Fictions of degeneration\u003cbr\u003e 7. Crime, urban degeneration and national decadence\u003cbr\u003e 8. Concluding remarks.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001783701784,"sku":"9780521457538","price":23.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521457538_fb897ca6-0b30-422f-98cb-a57be9e200b9.gif?v=1691382351","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/faces-of-degeneration-a-european-disorder-c-1848-1918-paperback-9780521457538","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}