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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodey, C. F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thought and thinking--Europe--History.

Thought and thinking.

Intellect--Europe--History.

Intellect.

Psychology--Europe--History.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

1 ed.

Place of Publication:

2016.

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

C.F. Goodey traces the interplay between human types and the changing characteristics attributed to them, from the twelfth-century beginnings of European social administration through to the onset of today's formal human science disciplines. In proposing a theory of intellectual disability as historically contingent, this paradigm-shifting work chronicles the modern concept of human intelligence as a cultural creation with roots in the religious and social matrices of early modern Europe.

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:

"First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613128980

9781409482352

1409482359

9781315564838

1315564831

9781317187837

1317187830

9781283128988

1283128985

9781409420224

1409420221

OCLC:

735594680

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access