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Autism and Creativity: Is There a Link between Autism in Men and Exceptional Ability?
Contributor(s): Fitzgerald, Michael (Author)
ISBN: 0415763428     ISBN-13: 9780415763424
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $54.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Clinical Psychology
- Psychology | Creative Ability
- Medical | Neurology
Dewey: 616.86
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (1.05 lbs) 304 pages
 
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Autism and Creativity is a stimulating study of male creativity and autism, arguing that a major genetic endowment is a prerequisite of genius, and that cultural and environmental factors are less significant than has often been claimed.
Chapters on the diagnosis and psychology of autism set the scene for a detailed examination of a number of important historical figures. For example:
* in the Indian mathematician Ramanujan, the classic traits of Asperger's syndrome are shown to have coexisted with an extraordinary level of creativity
* more unexpectedly, from the fields of philosophy, politics and literature, scrutiny of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Sir Keith Joseph, Eamon de Valera, Lewis Carroll and William Butler Yeats reveals classical autistic features.

Autism and Creativity will prove fascinating reading not only for professionals and students in the field of autism and Asperger's syndrome, but for anyone wanting to know how individuals presenting autistic features have on many occasions changed the way we understand society.