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 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.

Author: Elizabeth Barnes
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/01/2019
Series: Studies in Feminist Philosophy
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780198822417