The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability (Studies in Feminist Philosophy)

Description: Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenonDLa 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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EAN: 9780198822417

UPC: 9780198822417

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Book Title: Minority Body : a Theory of Disability

Number of Pages: 224 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Topic: Social, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, People with Disabilities, Women's Studies

Item Height: 0.4 in

Publication Year: 2019

Genre: Philosophy, Social Science

Item Weight: 8 Oz

Author: Elizabeth Barnes

Item Length: 8.5 in

Book Series: Studies in Feminist Philosophy Ser.

Item Width: 5.7 in

Format: Trade Paperback