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The Riddle of Intelligence - (Explanations in the Social Sciences) by John Edward Terrell & Eugene Anderson & Foreman Bandama & Abhik Ghosh
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Highlights
- There is little agreement today on what it takes to be intelligent.
- About the Author: Abhik Ghosh is Professor of Social Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, where he has been Chairperson of the Department of Anthropology and the Coordinator of the CAS-II Program at the University of Delhi, he worked on tribal symbolism in Jharkhand (The World of the Oraon, 2006).
- 150 Pages
- Social Science, Anthropology
- Series Name: Explanations in the Social Sciences
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About the Book
"There is little agreement today on what it takes to be intelligent. Yet this word is widely believed to be about something real, mostly biological, and important. From this popular perspective, intelligence is also something you can have a lot of, and luckily find yourself being labeled as a genius. Or sadly, something you do not have nearly enough of, and so find yourself being seen by others, at least behind your back, as silly, stupid, or plainly idiotic. Looked at closely, however, it turns out this word belongs more in the realm of traditional folklore than modern science"--Book Synopsis
There is little agreement today on what it takes to be intelligent. Yet this word is widely believed to be about something real, mostly biological, and important. From this popular perspective, intelligence is also something you can have a lot of, and luckily find yourself being labeled as a genius. Or sadly, something you do not have nearly enough of, and so find yourself being seen by others, at least behind your back, as silly, stupid, or plainly idiotic. Looked at closely, however, it turns out this word belongs more in the realm of traditional folklore than modern science.
Review Quotes
"I think this is a successful initial broadside against a target that has been quite vexing in science for over a century - what we call intelligence, and what psychologists claim to be able to study rigorously." - Jonathan Marks, UNC Charlotte
"[The authors] brought a necessary interdisciplinary work that scrutinizes the general assumptions of the word intelligence." - Tory Schendel-Vyvoda
About the Author
Abhik Ghosh is Professor of Social Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, where he has been Chairperson of the Department of Anthropology and the Coordinator of the CAS-II Program at the University of Delhi, he worked on tribal symbolism in Jharkhand (The World of the Oraon, 2006). He started teaching in 1998, and has been involved in research in North-West and Central India.
Marcia Leenen-Young is a senior lecturer in Pacific in Pacific Studies in Te Wānanga o Waipapa at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland. Her research interests include the historical relationship between New Zealand and the Pacific, Indigenous Pacific ways of telling history, Pacific research methodologies, and Pacific pedagogies. Marcia is the first editor of Waka Kuaka: the Journal of the Polynesian Society of Pacific descent.