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SCOUT· 24%56m·2026-08-05·HistoryThe History of Bad Ideas: Decadence
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Today’s bad idea is also one that is very hard to pin down: David talks to writer and literary scholar Ian Ellison about the concept of decadence, which went from explaining the fall of ancient Rome to becoming a label modern artists wanted to claim for themselves. What makes a society decadent? Is it always a bad…
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