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Atavistic Tendencies: The Culture of Science in American Modernity
Dana Seitler
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Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
A provocative exploration of the impact of the human sciences on literature, politics, and culture
The post-Darwinian theory of atavism forecasted obstacles to human progress in the reappearance of throwback physical or cultural traits after several generations of absence. In this original and stimulating work, Dana Seitler explores the ways in which modernity itself is an atavism, shaping a historical and theoretical account of its dramatic rise and impact on Western culture and imagination.
Examining late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century science, fiction, and photography, Seitler discovers how modern thought oriented itself around this paradigm of obsolescence and return—one that served to ... Read moreAt the beginning of the twentieth century, atavistic theory had widespread social and economic effects on the taxonomies of medicine, the logic of the welfare state, conceptions of the modern family, and images of the abnormal. Investigating the cultural logic of science in conjunction with naturalist, feminist, and popular narratives, Seitler exposes the influence of atavism: a fundamental shift in ways of knowing—and telling stories about—the modern human. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816651238
SKU
V9780816651238
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About Dana Seitler
Dana Seitler is associate professor of English at the University of Toronto.
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