1901 antique DEGENERATION max nordau MYSTICISM EGO WORLD zionist QUACK MEDICAL

Description: 1901 antique DEGENERATION max nordau MYSTICISM EGO WORLD zionist QUACK MEDICALSCROLL DOWN for MORE PHOTOS in DESCRIPTION Click HERE to view or search ANTIQUE.COTTAGE listings. This listing is for the two tan cloth over board hardcover book shown. There is a bookplate from DANIEL BAUGH which is an engraving/etching of a Monkey wearing glasses.Degeneration. By Max Nordau. Translated from the Second Edition of the German Work. Ninth Edition. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1900.There are 5 sections: I- Fin-De-Siecle, II - Mysticism, III - Ego-Mania, IV - Realism,V - The Twentieth Century. Includes attacks on Oscar Wilde, Henrik Ibsen, Emile Zola, etc... Max Simon Nordau (born Simon Maximilian Südfeld; July 29, 1849 – January 23, 1923), was a Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic. He was a co-founder of the World Zionist Organization together with Theodor Herzl, and president or vice president of several Zionist congresses. As a social critic, he wrote a number of controversial books, including The Conventional Lies of Our Civilisation (1883), Degeneration (1892), and Paradoxes (1896). Although not his most popular or successful work whilst alive, Degeneration is the book most often remembered and cited today.[From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.] Degeneration (Entartung, 1892), is a book by Max Nordau in which 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 begins his work with a "medical" and social interpretation of what has created this Degeneration in society. Nordau divides his study into five books. In the first book, Nordau identifies the phenomenon of fin de siècle in Europe. He sees this as first being recognised, though not originating, in France, describing this phenomenon as "a contempt for the traditional views of custom and morality". He sees it as a sort of decadence, a world-weariness, and the wilLful rejection of the moral boundaries governing the world. He uses examples from French periodicals and books in French to show how it has affected all elements of society. Nordau accuses also society of becoming more and more inclined to imitate what they see in art. The book deals with numerous case studies of various artists, writers and thinkers (Oscar Wilde, Henrik Ibsen, Richard Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche to name a few), but its basic premise remains that society and human beings themselves are degenerating, and this degeneration is both reflected in and influenced by art.Excellent original early family and/or town genealogy, history, antique, collectible heirloom and/or ephemera. autographCONDITION: See listing description and photos; spine sunned; cloth spotted, rubbed and lightly soiled; corners worn; previous owner's book-plate inside front board; pencil notes about the author on title page; minor smudges on title page, prelims & last few pages, otherwise contents clean; first few signatures shaken but no pages loose - International buyers are responsible to pay VAT or other Taxes to their countries as required.- eBAY collects and remits sales tax on behalf of several states. If you are a dealer, you can write to eBay to file a form to become tax exempt. LOC: LOC2: BOOKSHELF15-TMT Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

Price: 89.95 USD

Location: Avondale, Pennsylvania

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