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 resonanc...
Table des matières
1. Introduction; Joyce E. Chaplin and Darrin M. Mc Mahon
2. The Problem of Genius in the Age of Slavery; Joyce E. Chaplin
3. Genius vs Democracy: Excellence and...
A propos de l’auteur
Joyce E. Chaplin is the James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard University, USA. She is the author of The First Scientific American...
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