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| − | The condition of society, especially the arts, in a period which follows the high point of a culture and precedes its complete breakup. Rome was in such a state for centuries; according to Spengler's thesis in ''The Decline of the West'', the entire Occidental world shows the characteristic features. Decadence is of course strongest in the cities; in the [[US]], in the [[East Coast|Eastern]] cities and [[Hollywood]]. The [[Futurians]] of [[New York]] were [[fandom]]'s number one exhibit; but they delighted in decadence, regarding it as a sign that a new order was on the way to replace the old. (Another alternative to a gloomy view is [[DeCamp]]'s belief that modern technology has made it virtually impossible for the world ever again to slip all the way into barbarism.)
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| − | A decadent period may still produce very worthwhile literature -- a sort of Silver Age following the Golden -- but is more likely to run to extremes of technique. Emotional content has branched into two trends, which also apply to the other arts: <br>
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| − | In all fields there's a striving after something which may provide the basis for a new and vigorous art to arise. In [[poetry]] modern decadence has been marked by ''[[vers libre]]'' and such; [[photography]] having replaced painting in the visual arts to a large extent, a new justification for the older medium is sought in interpretations or abstractions; in [[music]] there is a striving for dissonances, unusual rhythms, and effects. In [[humor]] [[Double-Inverted Humor|doubleinversion]] and the New Yorker sort of detached amusement at everything predominate. Eroticism is strong. Social customs in our decadence come under the headings of thrill-seeking and [[bohemianism]].
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| − | The condition of society and especially of the arts in a period which follows the high point of a culture and precedes its complete breakup. Rome was in such a state for centuries, and according to Spengler's thesis in ''The Decline of the West'', the entire Occidental world shows the characteristic features; and his foresite has been borne out by later events. Decadence is strongest of course in the cities, particularly, in the [[US]], in the [[East Coast|Eastern]] cities and in [[Hollywood]]. The [[Futurians]] of [[New York]] are [[fandom]]'s number one exhibit. They delite in decadence, however, regarding it as a sign that a new order is on the way to replace the old. Another alternative to a gloomy view is [[de Camp]]'s belief that modern technology has made it virtually impossible for the world ever again to slip all the way into barbarism.
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