| Genealogies of Genius 2015 Edition Contributor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E. (Editor), McMahon, Darrin M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1137497653 ISBN-13: 9781137497659 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Modern - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 153.98 |
| LCCN: 2015019296 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.98 lbs) 191 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this volume seek to examine the uses to which concepts of genius have been put in different cultures and times. Collectively, they are designed to make two new statements. First, seen in historical and comparative perspective, genius is not a natural fact and universal human constant that has been only recently identified by modern science, but instead a categorical mode of assessing human ability and merit. Second, as a concept with specific definitions and resonances, genius has performed specific cultural work within each of the societies in which it had a historical presence. |