A history of intelligence and 'intellectual disability'
Subtitle: the shaping of psychology in early modern Europe
By: C.F. Goodey
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9781409420217; 9781409420224
Subjects: Psychology; Classification; Intelligence; Thought and thinking; Mentally Disabled Persons; Mental Retardation; Intellect; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Problematical intellects in ancient Greece; title: Intelligence and disability : socio-economic structures; title: Intelligence and disability : status and political power; title: Intelligence, disability and honour; title: Intelligence, disability and grace; title: Fools and their medical histories; title: Psychology, biology and the ethics of exceptionalism; title: John Locke and his successors : the historical contingency of disability.