Idiocy – A Cultural History Mcdonagh Paperback Liverpool University Press

Idiocy: A Cultural History\nby Patrick McDonagh\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Patrick McDonagh\nTitle: Idiocy: A Cultural History\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social and cultural history\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press\nPublication year: 2008\nISBN-13: 9781846310966\nISBN-10: 1846310962\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe term \u2018idiot\u2019 is a damning put down, whether deployed on the playground or in the board room. People stigmatized as being \u2018intellectually disabled\u2019 today must confront variants of the fear and pity with which society has greeted them for centuries. In this ground-breaking new study Patrick McDonagh explores how artistic, scientific and sociological interpretations of idiocy work symbolically and ideologically in society. Dr.