Disarming Intelligence: Proust, Val?ry, and Modern French Criticism - Hardcover
by Zakir Paul
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691257976ISBN-10:691257973UPC:9780691257976Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:European, Comparative Literature, CriticismBook Topic:FrenchSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.92 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCWPYGKTVK
Disarming Intelligence: Proust, Val?ry, and Modern French Criticism
A critical account of the idea of intelligence in modern French literature and thought
In the late nineteenth century, psychologists and philosophers became intensely interested in the possibility of quantifying, measuring, and evaluating "intelligence," and using it to separate and compare individuals. Disarming Intelligence analyzes how this polyvalent term was consolidated and contested in...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691257976ISBN-10:691257973UPC:9780691257976Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:European, Comparative Literature, CriticismBook Topic:FrenchSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.92 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCWPYGKTVK
Zakir Paul is assistant professor of comparative literature at New York University.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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