TY - EJOUR TI - What is Decadence? Epistemological Considerations T2 - Alkemie Revue semestrielle de littérature et philosophie 2021 – 1, n° 27. Le temps DO - 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-11894-7.p.0089 SN - 2286-136X 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 KW - decadence, decay, decline, imaginary, myth UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/alkemie-2021-1-revue-semestrielle-de-litterature-et-philosophie-n-27-le-temps-what-is-decadence.html Y2 - 2024/06/30 ER -