Nordau, Max Simon 1849-1923 creator text utu 2016 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Degeneration" by Max Nordau is a two-volume work of social criticism published in 1892–1893. Nordau attacks what he considers degenerate art and analyzes late nineteenth-century social phenomena like rapid urbanization. Trained as a physician, he argues that degeneration is a mental illness requiring therapy, examining artists from Oscar Wilde to Richard Wagner as case studies. His controversial concept of "Degenerate Art" would later be seized upon by the Nazi Party, though critics like Sigmund Freud contested his theories. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degeneration_(Nordau) Release date is 2016-02-09 Produced by Giovanni Fini, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Comparative literature Degeneration Europe -- Intellectual life CB Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51161 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51161 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134158.0 51161