The minority body : a theory of disability /
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 moveme...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Studies in feminist philosophy.
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| 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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| Physical Description: | xii, 200 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198732587 0198732589 |