In this Very Short Introduction, David Weir explores the conflicting attitudes towards modernity present in decadent culture by examining the difference between aesthetic decadence-the excess of artifice-and social decadence, which involves excess in a variety of forms, whether perversely pleasurable or gratuitously cruel.
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2022-08-19
Började extremt bra och avslutades med intressanta iakttagelser men mellan partiet var segt.