The minority body : a theory of disability

By:

Barnes, Elizabeth

Material type: Text

9780198732587

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DDC classification:

362.4 BAR-M

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	IIITD General Stacks	Social Science	362.4 BAR-M (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		012668

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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.

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