Review of Reviews,  4 (1891), 155.

The African Madness. Is it a Political Epidemic? By Max Nordau

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Max S Nordau Asiatic Quarterly Review

Subjects:

Imperialism, Degeneration


    In an article entitled 'Rabies Africana: The Degeneration of Europeans in Africa', Nordau claims that 'the zeal for annexing African territory is a veritable epidemic' that both harms the indigenous population and leads to the rapid degeneration of the European colonizers (155).



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