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Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: towards the study of the scourge -- 1 To be an Eichmann is less rare than to be a saint: psychoanalysis and the Columbus Centre -- 2 This age of unenlightened despotism: modernity, class, and the Columbus Centre -- 3 A latent possibility in all mankind: race, comparison, and the Columbus Centre -- 4 If you are looking for a witch, you are looking for a woman: gender and the Columbus Centre -- Epilogue: a numbing inner awareness -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

With contributions from distinguished authors in 14 countries across 5 continents, this book provides a unique transnational perspective on intellectual disability in the twentieth century. Each chapter outlines different policies and practices, and details real-life accounts from those living with intellectual disabilities to illustrate their impact of policies and practices on these people and their families. Bringing together accounts of how intellectual disability was viewed, managed and experienced in countries across the globe, the book examines the origins and nature of contemporary attitudes, policy and practice and sheds light on the challenges of implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD)