Darrin McMahon, “Deconstructing Genius” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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The Relationship Between Madness and Genius
The study of the relationship between madness and genius is very interesting in this respect a that's an old association. T goes all the way back to the greeks, and it has a long, long lineage. Andt the science that emerges in france, hend its picked up elsewhere. It's called degeneration theory. Nthe idea that genius is actually a kind of sickness, and one of its ansilary effects, positive effects, is brilliance,. ih, creative brilliance. Love this story of emile zola, the great french novelist. He regards himself as a genius, and so he must be sort of mad on some level. You wanto be too mad
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