6/3/2023 0 Comments Degeneration, decadence and disease in the Russian fin de siècle by Frederick H. WhiteThis article suggests that as a result, medical theory played a more important role in shaping the popular discourse of the Russian fin de siècle than has been previously discussed. Along with this medical discourse, the designation “decadent” became an abusive moniker that was used to stigmatize the writer as a deviant and degenerate psychopath. This is not an exhaustive examination of the role of satirical journals in this process, but an indicator that the scientific discourse of degeneration was not limited to medical journals, academic lectures and literary salons. This article discusses how some Russian satirical journals capitalized on the medical discourse of degeneration shortly after the 1905 Revolution in order to stigmatize certain decadent literary figures as degenerate purveyors of social unrest.
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