Lamarckism
degeneration theory
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A widely influential concept at the interface of the social and biological sciences in the 19th century which theorized that civilization might be in decline and that the causes of decline lay in biological change. These ideas derived from pre-scientific concepts of heredity ("hereditary taint") with Lamarckian emphasis on biological development through purpose and habit. Degeneration concepts were often associated with authoritarian political attitudes, including militarism and racist science, as well as with fears of national decline.
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degeneracy theory
degenerate
degeneration
social degeneration
theory of degeneration
pseudobiological theory
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