Genealogies of Genius
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Word Count
51,000 words, Guess
Page Count
204 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28003629M
- ISBN-139781137497642
- ISBN-101137497645
- OCLC Control Number917340082
- OCLC Control Number945569420
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2015019296
Classifications
- LCCD17-24.5
- LCCBF412 .G385 2015
Description
The essays in this volume examine the uses to which concepts of genius have been put in different cultures and times. Collectively, they make two new statements. First, seen in historical and comparative perspective, genius is not a natural fact and universal human constant that has only recently been 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. -- from back cover.
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