...It conveys the problems of eros and sexuality that had been suppressed by the moral code of the petty bourgeoisie, and shows that the fin de siècle was subject to unprecedented changes and transformations in European history, especially in terms of sexual consciousness. In society, amid the surge of women's liberation, the increase in crime and suicide, and the popularity of mystical and occult thought, pessimistic theories of civilization appeared, such as Max Nordau's (1849-1923) Degeneration (1892-93), which opposed the traditional idea of evolution. This was later summarized in Spengler's The Decline of the West, and in this trend of thought, the fin de siècle could be said to be the end of the old, in other words, a process of collapse. *Some of the terminology that mentions "Nordau, M." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…小市民的な道徳律が押し隠してきたエロスと性愛の問題を伝えるものであって,世紀末がとりわけ性意識の点で,ヨーロッパの歴史にかつてなかった変化と転換とにさらされていたことを示している。 社会的には女性解放のうねり,犯罪や自殺者の増加,神秘思想やオカルト思想の流行のなかで,ノルダウMax Nordau(1849‐1923)の《退化》(1892‐93)など,旧来の進化思想と反対のペシミスティックな文明論があらわれた。これはのちにシュペングラーの《西洋の没落》に集約されていったものであるが,このような時代思潮のなかでは,世紀末は古いものの終り,つまりは崩壊のプロセスといえよう。… ※「Nordau,M.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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