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Atavistic Tendencies: The Culture of Science in American Modernity
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Atavistic Tendencies: The Culture of Science in American Modernity
Contributors:
By (Author) Dana Seitler
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:
University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date:
24th January 2009
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
810.9
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
320
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 20mm
Description
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.
