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Genealogies of Genius - Chaplin, Joyce E (Editor), and McMahon, Darrin M (Editor)
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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 ...

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Genealogies of Genius 2015, Palgrave MacMillan, New York

ISBN-13: 9781137497642

2015 edition

Trade paperback

Genealogies of Genius 2015, Palgrave MacMillan, New York

ISBN-13: 9781137497659

2015 edition

Hardcover