The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability (repost)
Elizabeth Barnes, "The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability"
2016 | ISBN-10: 0198732589 | 224 pages | PDF | 1 MB
2016 | ISBN-10: 0198732589 | 224 pages | PDF | 1 MB
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.