The Minority Body : A Theory of Disability Hardback
by Elizabeth (University of Virginia) Barnes
Part of the Studies in Feminist Philosophy Series series
Hardback
Description
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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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:214 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:07/04/2016
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- ISBN:9780198732587
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:214 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:07/04/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198732587
