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

Folger bibliographic ID: 351581
Folger call number: BF441 .G656 2011
Folger holdings ID: 500216

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Introduction -- Part 1: Problematical intellects in ancient Greece. Ancient philosophy and the "worst disability" ; Aristotle and the slave's intellect -- Part 2: Intelligence and disability : socio-economic structures. The speed of intelligence : fast, slow and mean ; Quick wit and the ingenious gentleman -- Part 3: Intelligence and disability : status and political power. In-group, out-group : the place of intelligence in anthropology ; Honour, grace and intelligence : the historical interplay ; "Souls drowned in a lump of flesh" : the excluded -- Part 4: Intelligence, disability and honour. Virtue, blood, wit : from lineage to learning ; "Dead in the very midst of life": the dishonourable and the idiotic -- Part 5: Intelligence, disability and grace. From Pilgrim's progress to developmental psychology ; The science of damnation : from reprobate to idiot -- Part 6: Fools and their medical histories. The long historical context of cognitive genetics ; The brain of a fool ; A first diagnosis? The problem with pioneers -- Part 7: Psychology, biology and the ethics of exceptionalism. Philosophy, the devil and "special people" ; The wrong child : changelings and the bereavement analogy ; Testing the rule of human nature : classification and abnormality -- Part 8: John Locke and his successors. John Locke and his successors : the historical contingency of disability

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

Thought and thinking Intellect Psychology Europe Christentum Geistige Behinderung Gesellschaft Intelligenz Menschenbild Psychologie Wissenschaft Europa Philosophische Psychologie Vorurteil Theorie Psykologi Tänkande Utvecklingsstörning Intelligens Intellektuellt liv

author: Goodey, C. F