A History of Intelligence and 'Intellectual Disability' : The Shaping of Psychology in Early Modern Europe.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Milton :
Taylor & Francis Group,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1: Problematical Intellects in Ancient Greece
- Chapter 1: Ancient Philosophy and the "Worst Disability"
- Chapter 2: Aristotle and the Slave's Intellect
- Part 2: Intelligence and Disability: Socio-economic Structures
- Chapter 3: The Speed of Intelligence: Fast, Slow and Mean
- Chapter 4: Quick Wit and the Ingenious Gentleman
- Part 3: Intelligence and Disability: Status and Power
- Chapter 5: In-group, Out-group: the Place of Intelligence in Anthropology
- Chapter 6: Honour, Grace and Intelligence: the Historical Interplay
- Chapter 7: "Souls Drowned in a Lump of Flesh": the Excluded
- Part 4: Intelligence, Disability and Honour
- Chapter 8: Virtue, Blood, Wit: from Lineage to Learning
- Chapter 9: "Dead in the Very Midst of Life": the Dishonourable and the Idiotic
- Part 5: Intelligence, Disability and Grace
- Chapter 10: From Pilgrim's Progress to Developmental Psychology
- Chapter 11: The Science of Damnation: from Reprobate to Idiot
- Part 6: Fools and Their Medical Histories
- Chapter 12: The Long Historical Context of Cognitive Genetics
- Chapter 13: The Brain of a Fool
- Chapter 14: A First Diagnosis? The Problem with Pioneers
- Part 7: Psychology, Biology and the Ethics of Exceptionalism
- Chapter 15: Philosophy, the Devil and "Special People"
- Chapter 16: The Wrong Child: Changelings and the Bereavement Analogy
- Chapter 17: Testing the Rule of Human Nature: Classification and Abnormality
- Part 8: John Locke and His Successors
- Chapter 18: John Locke and His Successors: the Historical Contingency of Disability
- Works Cited
- Index.