The Minority Body : A Theory of Disability
Elizabeth Barnes
Bok Engelsk
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| Utgitt | OUP Oxford
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (224 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon--a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off. This is how disability is understood in the Disability Rights and Disability Pride movements; but there is a massive disconnect with the way disability is typically viewed within analytic philosophy. The idea that disability is not inherently bad or sub-optimal is one that many philosophers treat with open skepticism, and sometimes even with scorn. The goal of this book is to articulate and defend a version of the view of disability that is common in the Disability Rights movement. Elizabeth Barnes argues that to be physically disabled is not to have a defective body, but simply to have a minority body.
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| Emner | Disabilities
Feminist theory People with disabilities Sociology of disability Vis mer... Feminist Theory
People With Disabilities Social Science Sociology Of Disability |
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| ISBN | 0-19-104655-8. - 0-19-104656-6
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