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Author:
Goodey, C. F.
Title:
A history of intelligence and 'intellectual disability' : the shaping of psychology in early modern Europe / C.F. Goodey.
Publisher:
Ashgate,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
381 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Thought and thinking--Europe--History.
Intellect--Europe--History.
Psychology--Europe--History.
Intelligence--classification--Europe.
Mental Retardation--history--Europe.
Mental Retardation--classification--Europe.
Mentally Disabled Persons--classification--Europe.
Psychology--history--Europe.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
1409420221 (ebook)
9781409420224 (ebook)
1409420213 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781409420217 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)700042230
LCCN:
2011001042
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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