Darrin McMahon, “Deconstructing Genius” (Open Agenda, 2021)

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Introduction

00:00 • 4min

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What Do the Greeks Think of the Word Genie?

03:46 • 2min

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What Did You Think It Was Going to Be Like in the Eighteenth Century?

05:25 • 4min

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I Don't Never Aconated a Question, Sir.

09:39 • 3min

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Is There a Religious Subtle in the Idea of Genie?

12:51 • 4min

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The Receding of the Divine in the Eighteenth Century

17:00 • 3min

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How to Pull Off a Genius?

20:12 • 1min

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Didero Enu - Is He a Great Enlightenment Philosopher?

21:34 • 4min

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The Idea of Copyright

25:41 • 2min

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The Romantic Poet

28:02 • 4min

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The Preferred Curse Is a Neurosis Leading, You Know, to Madness

32:03 • 2min

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Are the Best Poets Just Have It?

33:58 • 2min

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The Origin of Genius in the Eighteenth Century

36:24 • 3min

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What to Do With Genie?

39:36 • 2min

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What to Do With Geniuses in Inina Society

41:37 • 4min

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Is There a Genius in the World?

45:15 • 3min

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Hitler's Greatest Propaganda

47:50 • 2min

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Chamberlain's 'I'm a Coming Man'

49:56 • 3min

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Hitler's 'Genie'

52:37 • 4min

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The Associatives to Evil After the War

56:33 • 3min

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The Antra Between Einstein and Hetr

59:20 • 3min

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The Problem of Jewish Intelligence in the German Scientific Establishment

01:02:17 • 2min

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Hitler's Genius Cold, A, So Myer, So A.

01:04:13 • 2min

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Is There a Human Need to Believe in Higher Human Beings?

01:06:29 • 2min

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The Last Genie

01:08:20 • 2min

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Genius and Einstein - Is Einstein the Last?

01:10:38 • 2min

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You Too Can Be a Genius and Learn to Think Like Leonardo

01:12:33 • 2min

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Is There Room in Our Society for a New Gene?

01:14:57 • 3min

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Academics Can't Use the Word Greatness Without Feeling Uncomfortable

01:18:19 • 2min

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Are We Living in an Age When Thererpr Opportunities?

01:20:35 • 3min

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The Modern Cult of Genie

01:24:04 • 3min

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The Study of Genius in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century

01:26:34 • 4min

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Is There a Marker of Genie?

01:30:36 • 2min

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Studying Einstein's Brain

01:32:07 • 2min

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The Relationship Between Madness and Genius

01:34:32 • 2min

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Is There a Connection Between Madness and Genius?

01:36:23 • 3min