The Measure of Merit : : Talents, Intelligence, and Inequality in the French and American Republics, 1750-1940 / / John Carson.
How have modern democracies squared their commitment to equality with their fear that disparities in talent and intelligence might be natural, persistent, and consequential? In this wide-ranging account of American and French understandings of merit, talent, and intelligence over the past two centur...
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Carson, John, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Measure of Merit : Talents, Intelligence, and Inequality in the French and American Republics, 1750-1940 / John Carson. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018] ©2007 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: MENTAL ABILITIES AND REPUBLICAN CULTURES -- One: "The most precious gift of nature" -- Two: Mental Capacities and Orthodox Minds -- Three: All Men Are Created Equal? -- Part II: INDIVIDUALIZING INTELLIGENCE THROUGH THE SCIENCE OF DIFFERENCE -- Four: Between the Art of the Clinic and the Precision of the Laboratory -- Five: American Psychology and the Seductions of IQ -- Part III: MERIT, MATTER, AND MIND -- Six: Out of the Lab and Into the World -- Seven: Intelligence and the Politics of Merit between the Wars -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star How have modern democracies squared their commitment to equality with their fear that disparities in talent and intelligence might be natural, persistent, and consequential? In this wide-ranging account of American and French understandings of merit, talent, and intelligence over the past two centuries, John Carson tells the fascinating story of how two nations wrestled scientifically with human inequalities and their social and political implications. Surveying a broad array of political tracts, philosophical treatises, scientific works, and journalistic writings, Carson chronicles the gradual embrace of the IQ version of intelligence in the United States, while in France, the birthplace of the modern intelligence test, expert judgment was consistently prized above such quantitative measures. He also reveals the crucial role that determinations of, and contests over, merit have played in both societies--they have helped to organize educational systems, justify racial hierarchies, classify army recruits, and direct individuals onto particular educational and career paths. A contribution to both the history of science and intellectual history, The Measure of Merit illuminates the shadow languages of inequality that have haunted the American and French republics since their inceptions. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Intellect Social aspects France. Intellect Social aspects United States. Intelligence levels Social aspects France. Intelligence levels Social aspects United States. SCIENCE / History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691017150 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691187679?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691187679 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691187679.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: MENTAL ABILITIES AND REPUBLICAN CULTURES -- One: "The most precious gift of nature" -- Two: Mental Capacities and Orthodox Minds -- Three: All Men Are Created Equal? -- Part II: INDIVIDUALIZING INTELLIGENCE THROUGH THE SCIENCE OF DIFFERENCE -- Four: Between the Art of the Clinic and the Precision of the Laboratory -- Five: American Psychology and the Seductions of IQ -- Part III: MERIT, MATTER, AND MIND -- Six: Out of the Lab and Into the World -- Seven: Intelligence and the Politics of Merit between the Wars -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: MENTAL ABILITIES AND REPUBLICAN CULTURES -- One: "The most precious gift of nature" -- Two: Mental Capacities and Orthodox Minds -- Three: All Men Are Created Equal? -- Part II: INDIVIDUALIZING INTELLIGENCE THROUGH THE SCIENCE OF DIFFERENCE -- Four: Between the Art of the Clinic and the Precision of the Laboratory -- Five: American Psychology and the Seductions of IQ -- Part III: MERIT, MATTER, AND MIND -- Six: Out of the Lab and Into the World -- Seven: Intelligence and the Politics of Merit between the Wars -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
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