Atavistic Tendencies

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Author: Dana SeitlerISBN: 9780816651245Publisher: University of Minnesota PressYear first published: 24 Jan 2009Pages: 320 Format: Paperback / softbackThe 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. Show more