The Smart Culture : Society, Intelligence, and Law.

What exactly is intelligence? Is it social achievement? Professional success? Is it common sense? Or the number on an IQ test?. Interweaving engaging narratives with dramatic case studies, Robert L. Hayman, Jr., has written a history of intelligence that will forever change the way we think about wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	L., Hayman Robert
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : NYU Press, 1997.
Series:	Critical America.
Subjects:	Mental health laws > United States. People with mental disabilities > Civil rights > United States. Equality before the law > United States. Culture and law. Intelligence levels. Law. Social Science. LAW > Legal History. Equality before the law. Mental health laws. People with mental disabilities > Civil rights. United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Smart People; 2 The First Object of Government: Creation Myths; 3 In the Nature of Things: Myths of Race and Racism; 4 A Neutral Qualification: Myths of the Market; 5 Creating the Smart Culture: Myths of Inferiority; 6 The Smart Culture: Myths of Intelligence; 7 The Constitution Is Powerless: Myths of Equality under Law; An Epilogue: The Next Reconstruction; Notes; Index.