American Normal
The Hidden World of Asperger Syndrome
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2002
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2002 ed.
Copernicus Books (Verlag)
978-0-387-95307-6 (ISBN)
Copernicus Books (Verlag)
978-0-387-95307-6 (ISBN)
Asperger's has never been clearly defined, bordering autism on one side and high intelligence and verbal eccentricity on the other. But also attached to it is a kind of admiration and envy and (among those who suffer from Asperger's) a kind of elitism, a sense of being one of the elect, in a world mainly peopled by neurotypicals.
Asperger's has never been clearly defined, bordering autism on one side and high intelligence and verbal eccentricity on the other. The disease is a kind of cultural lightning rod. First, it's a condition onto which we project the very real and well-founded fears of social isolation inherent in mental illness. But also attached to it is a kind of admiration and envy and (among those who suffer from Asperger's) a kind of elitism, a sense of being one of the elect, in a world mainly peopled by neurotypicals.
Asperger's has never been clearly defined, bordering autism on one side and high intelligence and verbal eccentricity on the other. The disease is a kind of cultural lightning rod. First, it's a condition onto which we project the very real and well-founded fears of social isolation inherent in mental illness. But also attached to it is a kind of admiration and envy and (among those who suffer from Asperger's) a kind of elitism, a sense of being one of the elect, in a world mainly peopled by neurotypicals.
Lawrence Osborne has written widely about medical issues for The New York Times Magazine and Slate, and is the author of the travelogue Paris Dreambook and The Poisoned Embrace, a history of attitudes toward sex.
Asperger and I.- Little Professors.- The Last Puritan.- Rain Men.- Diagnosing Jefferson.- Autibiographies.- The Poetics of Medicine.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.10.2002 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XVI, 224 p. |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-387-95307-8 / 0387953078 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-387-95307-6 / 9780387953076 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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