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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.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction; Joyce E. Chaplin and Darrin M. McMahon
2. The Problem of Genius in the Age of Slavery; Joyce E. Chaplin
3. Genius vs Democracy: Excellence and Singularity in Post-Revolution France; Nathalie Heinich
4. Equality, Inequality, and Difference: Genius as Problem and Possibility in American Political/Scientific Discourse; John S. Carson
5. Genius and Obsession: Do You Have to Be Mad to Be Smart?; Lennard Davis
6. Inspiration to Perspiration: Francis Galton's Hereditary Genius in Victorian Context; Janet Browne
7. 'Genius must do the scullery work of the world': New Women, Feminists and Genius, circa 1880-1920; Lucy Delap
8. The Cult of the Genius in Germany and Austria at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century; Julia Barbara Köhne
9. Cultivating Genius in a Bolshevik Country; Irina Sirotkina
10. Insight in the Age of Automation; David Bates
11. Genius and Evil; Darrin M. McMahon

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan Us
      Publication Date: 12/7/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781137497642, 978-1137497642
      ISBN10: 1137497645
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The essays in this volume seek to examine the uses to which concepts of genius have been put in different cultures and times.

      Trade Review




      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; Joyce E. Chaplin and Darrin M. McMahon
      2. The Problem of Genius in the Age of Slavery; Joyce E. Chaplin
      3. Genius vs Democracy: Excellence and Singularity in Post-Revolution France; Nathalie Heinich
      4. Equality, Inequality, and Difference: Genius as Problem and Possibility in American Political/Scientific Discourse; John S. Carson
      5. Genius and Obsession: Do You Have to Be Mad to Be Smart?; Lennard Davis
      6. Inspiration to Perspiration: Francis Galton's Hereditary Genius in Victorian Context; Janet Browne
      7. 'Genius must do the scullery work of the world': New Women, Feminists and Genius, circa 1880-1920; Lucy Delap
      8. The Cult of the Genius in Germany and Austria at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century; Julia Barbara Köhne
      9. Cultivating Genius in a Bolshevik Country; Irina Sirotkina
      10. Insight in the Age of Automation; David Bates
      11. Genius and Evil; Darrin M. McMahon

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