Autism and Creativity: Is There a Link between Autism in Men and Exceptional Ability?

ISBN-13: 9780415763424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 304 str.

Michael Fitzgerald

Opis

This is a stimulating study of male creativity and autism, arguing that a major genetic endowment is a prerequisite of genius, and that cultural and environmental factors are less significant than has often been claimed.

Spis treści

Introduction  Diagnostic Issues  Psychology of High-functioning Autism/Asperger's Syndrome  Ludwig Wittgenstein  Part 1: Psychobiography  Part 2: Influence of Wittgenstein's Personality on his Philosophy  Sir Keith Joseph  Eamon de Valera  William Butler Yeats  Lewis Carroll  Ramanujan  Conclusion

O autorze

Michael Fitzgerald is Henry Marsh Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Trinity College, Dublin. He is also a Clinical and Research Consultant for the Irish Society for Autism. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in England and Wales, and an Associate member of the British Psychoanalytical Society.