Asperger's children the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna
A groundbreaking exploration of the chilling history behind an increasingly common diagnosis. Hans Asperger, the pioneer of autism and Asperger syndrome in Nazi Vienna, has been celebrated for his compassionate defense of children with disabilities. But in this groundbreaking book, prize-winning his...
| Main Author: | Sheffer, Edith (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Enter the experts
- Chapter 2. The clinic's diagnosis
- Chapter 3. Nazi psychiatry & social spirit
- Chapter 4. Indexing lives
- Chapter 5. Fatal theories
- Chapter 6. Asperger & the killing system
- Chapter 7. Girls & boys
- Chapter 8. The daily life of death
- Chapter 9. In service to the volk
- Chapter 10. Reckoning.