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Those They Called Idiots The Idea of the Disabled Mind from 1700 to the Present Day

Jarrett, Simon
Heftet / 2025 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781836390718
Publisert
2025-04-01
Utgiver
Reaktion Books
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter
Jarrett, Simon

Biografisk notat

Simon Jarrett is a writer and historian specializing in the history of disability. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Open University and author of A History of Disability in England: From the Medieval Period to the Present Day (2023). He also writes about people with learning disabilities and the arts for Community Living magazine. He is Chair of Corali Dance Company, a leader in dance created by people with learning disabilities.

Those They Called Idiots The Idea of the Disabled Mind from 1700 to the Present Day

Jarrett, Simon
Heftet / 2025 / Engelsk
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'Magisterial
. . . Jarrett celebrates the success of the "great release" of people
with learning disabilities from long incarceration.' - <i>Michael Fitzpatrick, Daily Telegraph</i><br />'A
remarkable history of mental disability in England . . . This important
book should be read widely by experts and non-experts alike.' - <i>Social History of Medicine</i><br />'Meticulously
researched and well written, the book highlights a section of society
that has always been present, but has received scant attention before
now. The author has worked with people with learning disabilities for
many years, and his empathy for them shines through.' - <i>Who Do You Think You Are? </i>magazine<br />'A
stunning book . . . Simon Jarrett is a talented historian who writes
beautifully . . . we are gradually discovering the value of disability
history to give new ways of thinking about the past.' - <i>Disability and Society</i><br />'For sheer readability, Simon Jarrett has few peers in the burgeoning field popularly known as the Medical Humanities.' - <i>Metapsychology</i>

Those They Called Idiots traces the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from the communities of eighteenth-century England to the nineteenth-century asylum and care in today’s society. Using evidence from civil and criminal court-rooms, joke books, slang dictionaries, novels, art and caricature, it explores the explosive intermingling of ideas about intelligence and race, while bringing into sharp focus the lives of people often seen as the most marginalized in society.
Les mer
A humane, thoughtful and yet clear-eyed history of people with learning disabilities.
Introduction

Part One: Idiocy and Imbecility in the Eighteenth Century, c. 1700-1812
1 Poor Foolish Lads and Weak Easy Girls: Legal Ideas of Idiocy
2 Billy-noodles and Bird-wits: Cultural Ideas of Idiocy
3 Idiots Abroad: Racial Ideas of Idiocy

Part Two: New Ways of Thinking, 1812-1870
4 Medical Challenge: New Ideas in the Courtroom
5 Pity and Loathing: New Cultural Thinking
6 Colonies, Anthropologists and Asylums: Race and Intelligence
7 Into the Idiot Asylum: The Great Incarceration

Part Three: From Eugenics to Care in the Community, 1870 to the Present Day
8 After Darwin: Mental Deficiency, Eugenics and Psychology, 1870-1939
9 Back to the Community? 1939 to the Present

References
Selected Secondary Reading
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
Les mer
Introduction Part One: Idiocy and Imbecility in the Eighteenth Century, c. 1700–1812 1 Poor Foolish Lads and Weak Easy Girls: Legal Ideas of Idiocy 2 Billy-noodles and Bird-wits: Cultural Ideas of Idiocy 3 Idiots Abroad: Racial Ideas of Idiocy Part Two: New Ways of Thinking, 1812–1870 4 Medical Challenge: New Ideas in the Courtroom 5 Pity and Loathing: New Cultural Thinking 6 Colonies, Anthropologists and Asylums: Race and Intelligence 7 Into the Idiot Asylum: The Great Incarceration Part Three: From Eugenics to Care in the Community, 1870 to the Present Day 8 After Darwin: Mental Deficiency, Eugenics and Psychology, 1870–1939 9 Back to the Community? 1939 to the Present References Selected Secondary Reading Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index
Les mer
Now in paperback, this is a humane, thoughtful and yet clear-eyed history of people with learning disabilities.

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'Magisterial
. . . Jarrett celebrates the success of the "great release" of people
with learning disabilities from long incarceration.' - <i>Michael Fitzpatrick, Daily Telegraph</i><br />'A
remarkable history of mental disability in England . . . This important
book should be read widely by experts and non-experts alike.' - <i>Social History of Medicine</i><br />'Meticulously
researched and well written, the book highlights a section of society
that has always been present, but has received scant attention before
now. The author has worked with people with learning disabilities for
many years, and his empathy for them shines through.' - <i>Who Do You Think You Are? </i>magazine<br />'A
stunning book . . . Simon Jarrett is a talented historian who writes
beautifully . . . we are gradually discovering the value of disability
history to give new ways of thinking about the past.' - <i>Disability and Society</i><br />'For sheer readability, Simon Jarrett has few peers in the burgeoning field popularly known as the Medical Humanities.' - <i>Metapsychology</i>

Those They Called Idiots traces the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from the communities of eighteenth-century England to the nineteenth-century asylum and care in today’s society. Using evidence from civil and criminal court-rooms, joke books, slang dictionaries, novels, art and caricature, it explores the explosive intermingling of ideas about intelligence and race, while bringing into sharp focus the lives of people often seen as the most marginalized in society.
Les mer
A humane, thoughtful and yet clear-eyed history of people with learning disabilities.
Introduction

Part One: Idiocy and Imbecility in the Eighteenth Century, c. 1700-1812
1 Poor Foolish Lads and Weak Easy Girls: Legal Ideas of Idiocy
2 Billy-noodles and Bird-wits: Cultural Ideas of Idiocy
3 Idiots Abroad: Racial Ideas of Idiocy

Part Two: New Ways of Thinking, 1812-1870
4 Medical Challenge: New Ideas in the Courtroom
5 Pity and Loathing: New Cultural Thinking
6 Colonies, Anthropologists and Asylums: Race and Intelligence
7 Into the Idiot Asylum: The Great Incarceration

Part Three: From Eugenics to Care in the Community, 1870 to the Present Day
8 After Darwin: Mental Deficiency, Eugenics and Psychology, 1870-1939
9 Back to the Community? 1939 to the Present

References
Selected Secondary Reading
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
Les mer
Introduction Part One: Idiocy and Imbecility in the Eighteenth Century, c. 1700–1812 1 Poor Foolish Lads and Weak Easy Girls: Legal Ideas of Idiocy 2 Billy-noodles and Bird-wits: Cultural Ideas of Idiocy 3 Idiots Abroad: Racial Ideas of Idiocy Part Two: New Ways of Thinking, 1812–1870 4 Medical Challenge: New Ideas in the Courtroom 5 Pity and Loathing: New Cultural Thinking 6 Colonies, Anthropologists and Asylums: Race and Intelligence 7 Into the Idiot Asylum: The Great Incarceration Part Three: From Eugenics to Care in the Community, 1870 to the Present Day 8 After Darwin: Mental Deficiency, Eugenics and Psychology, 1870–1939 9 Back to the Community? 1939 to the Present References Selected Secondary Reading Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index
Les mer
Now in paperback, this is a humane, thoughtful and yet clear-eyed history of people with learning disabilities.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781836390718
Publisert
2025-04-01
Utgiver
Reaktion Books
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter
Jarrett, Simon

Biografisk notat

Simon Jarrett is a writer and historian specializing in the history of disability. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Open University and author of A History of Disability in England: From the Medieval Period to the Present Day (2023). He also writes about people with learning disabilities and the arts for Community Living magazine. He is Chair of Corali Dance Company, a leader in dance created by people with learning disabilities.

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