TY - EJOUR A1 - Miranda, Arnaud TI - What is Decadence? - Epistemological Considerations T2 - Alkemie - Revue semestrielle de littérature et philosophie 2021 – 1, n° 27. Le temps JO - Alkemie (ISSN 2286-136X), 27, 2021 – 1 DO - 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-11894-7.p.0089 SN - 2286-136X SP - 89 EP - 103 AB - If literary studies on the idea of decadence thrive, social sciences seem willingly to ignore it. How can we explain this disdain? And how could it be overcome? This article will demonstrate that the problem lays on a misunderstanding about the nature of decadence: it is not a fact nor a concept, but an essential category for our perception of time. PY - 2021 DA - 2021/06/02 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - decadence, decay, decline, imaginary, myth LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/alkemie-2021-1-revue-semestrielle-de-litterature-et-philosophie-n-27-le-temps-what-is-decadence.html Y2 - 2024/07/17 ER -