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Barnes, Elizabeth

 
9780198732587: The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability
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ISBN 10 : 0198732589 ISBN 13 : 9780198732587
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

Elizabeth Barnes is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. She works on metaphysics, ethics, and social and feminist philosophy--and is especially interested in the places where these areas overlap.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198732589
ISBN 13 
9780198732587
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
214
Coordonnées du fabricant
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