TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barnes,Elizabeth
TI  - The minority body: a theory of disability 
T2  - Studies in feminist philosophy
SN  - 9780198732587
U1  - 190 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Disabilities
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Sociology of disability
KW  - People with disabilities
KW  - Disabled Persons
KW  - Minority Groups
KW  - history
KW  - Minority Health
KW  - ethics
KW  - Disability Studies
KW  - Behinderung
KW  - Inklusion
KW  - Sozialphilosophie
N2  - 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
ER  -