The genius myth : a curious history of a dangerous idea
(2025)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
NEW 306.42/LEWIS,H
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Thesis, 2025
©2025
©2025
DESCRIPTION
308 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9798217178575, 9798217178575
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
From acclaimed Atlantic staff writer and host of BBC's podcast "The New Gurus" Helen Lewis comes a timely and provocative interrogation of the myth of genius, exploring the surprising inventions, inspirations and distortions by which some lives are elevated to 'greatness' - and others are not. You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius. You can also tell who it excludes, who it enables, and what it is prepared to tolerate. In The Genius Myth, Helen Lewis unearths how this one word has shaped (and distorted) our ideas of success and achievement