Degeneration theory
Social degeneration was a widely influential concept at the interface of the social and biological sciences in the 19th century. Degenerationists feared that civilization might be in decline and that the causes of decline lay in biological change. These ideas derived from pre-scientific concepts of heredity with Lamarckian emphasis on biological development through purpose and habit. Degeneration concepts were often associated with authoritarian political attitudes, including militarism and racial science, as well as with fears of national decline. The theory originated in racial concepts of ethnicity, recorded in the writings of such medical scientists as Johann Blumenbach and Robert Knox. From the 1850s, it became influential in psychiatry through the writings of Bénédict Morel, and in c
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Degeneration theory
Social degeneration was a widely influential concept at the interface of the social and biological sciences in the 19th century. Degenerationists feared that civilization might be in decline and that the causes of decline lay in biological change. These ideas derived from pre-scientific concepts of heredity with Lamarckian emphasis on biological development through purpose and habit. Degeneration concepts were often associated with authoritarian political attitudes, including militarism and racial science, as well as with fears of national decline. The theory originated in racial concepts of ethnicity, recorded in the writings of such medical scientists as Johann Blumenbach and Robert Knox. From the 1850s, it became influential in psychiatry through the writings of Bénédict Morel, and in c
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A ideia de degeneração exerceu ...... res, defensores do status quo.
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Die Vorstellung von einer Enta ...... siècle andererseits verbunden.
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La théorie de la dégénérescenc ...... t de caractère ou de conduite.
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Met degeneratie wordt achterui ...... n, afhankelijk van de context.
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Social degeneration was a wide ...... possible decline and collapse.
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Zwyrodnienie (łac. degeneratio ...... ników organicznych (bielactwo)
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退化（degeneration）是1857年，法国医生B. ...... 用“退化”（degeneration）这个字来指称同性恋者。
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退化（たいか）とは、生物の個体発生もしくは系統発生の過程にお ...... が、生物学において退化は進化の一側面であり、対義語ではない。
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A ideia de degeneração exerceu ...... ver uma espécie mais adaptada.
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Die Vorstellung von einer Enta ...... che Veranlagung sichtbar sein.
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La théorie de la dégénérescenc ...... alité un atavisme héréditaire.
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Met degeneratie wordt achterui ...... n, afhankelijk van de context.
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Social degeneration was a wide ...... gs of Bénédict Morel, and in c
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Zwyrodnienie (łac. degeneratio ...... n wstecznych. Typy zwyrodnień:
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退化（degeneration）是1857年，法国医生B. ...... 用“退化”（degeneration）这个字来指称同性恋者。
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退化（たいか）とは、生物の個体発生もしくは系統発生の過程にお ...... が、生物学において退化は進化の一側面であり、対義語ではない。
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Degeneratie
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Degeneration theory
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Degeneração
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Entartung (Medizingeschichte)
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Théorie de la dégénérescence
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Zwyrodnienie
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退化
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退化
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