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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780198822417
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-19-882241-7
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 08.11.2018
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2018
- Serie: Studies in Feminist Philosophy
- Produktform: Kartoniert
- Gewicht: 280 g
- Seiten: 224
- Format (B x H x T): 139 x 216 x 14 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt