The minority body :
Barnes, Elizabeth
The minority body : a theory of disability by Elizabeth Barnes - United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, ©2016 - xii, 200 p. : 22 cm. - Studies in feminist philosophy .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction 1. Constructing disability 2. Bad-difference and mere-difference 3. The value-neutral model 4. Taking their word for it 5. Causing disability 6. Disability pride
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.
9780198732587
Behinderung.
Disabilities -- Philosophy.
Disability Studies.
Feminist theory.
Minority Groups -- history.
Minority Health -- ethics.
People with disabilities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities.
Sociology of disability.
Sozialphilosophie.
362.4 / BAR-M
The minority body : a theory of disability by Elizabeth Barnes - United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, ©2016 - xii, 200 p. : 22 cm. - Studies in feminist philosophy .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction 1. Constructing disability 2. Bad-difference and mere-difference 3. The value-neutral model 4. Taking their word for it 5. Causing disability 6. Disability pride
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.
9780198732587
Behinderung.
Disabilities -- Philosophy.
Disability Studies.
Feminist theory.
Minority Groups -- history.
Minority Health -- ethics.
People with disabilities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities.
Sociology of disability.
Sozialphilosophie.
362.4 / BAR-M