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A history of intelligence and 'intellectual disability' : the shaping of psychology in early modern Europe / C.F. Goodey.

Van Pelt Library BF441 .G656 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Goodey, C. F.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Thought and thinking--Europe--History.
Thought and thinking.
Intellect--Europe--History.
Intellect.
Psychology--Europe--History.
Psychology.
Intelligence--classification.
History.
Europe.
Intellectual Disability--history.
Intellectual Disability--classification.
Persons with Mental Disabilities--classification.
Psychology--history.
Medical Subjects:
Intelligence--classification.
Europe.
Intellectual Disability--history.
Intellectual Disability--classification.
Persons with Mental Disabilities--classification.
Psychology--history.
Physical Description:
381 pages ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011.
Contents:
Introduction
Problematical intellects in ancient Greece
Intelligence and disability : socio-economic structures
Intelligence and disability : status and political power
Intelligence, disability and honour
Intelligence, disability and grace
Fools and their medical histories
Psychology, biology and the ethics of exceptionalism
John Locke and his successors : the historical contingency of disability.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781409420217
1409420213
9781409420224
1409420221
OCLC:
700042230

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