The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on DisabilityRoutledge, 1996 - 206 Seiten The Rejected Bodyargues that feminist theorizing has been skewed toward non-disabled experience, and that the knowledge of people with disabilities must be integrated into feminist ethics, discussions of bodily life, and criticism of the cognitive and social authority of medicine. Among the topics it addresses are who should be identified as disabled; whether disability is biomedical, social or both; what causes disability and what could 'cure' it; and whether scientific efforts to eliminate disabling physical conditions are morally justified. Wendell provides a remarkable look at how cultural attitudes towards the body contribute to the stigma of disability and to widespread unwillingness to accept and provide for the body's inevitable weakness. |
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
1 Who Is Disabled? Defining Disability | 11 |
2 The Social Construction of Disability | 35 |
3 Disability as Difference | 57 |
4 The Flight from the Rejected Body | 85 |
5 The Cognitive and Social Authority of Medicine | 117 |
6 Disability and Feminist Ethics | 139 |
7 Feminism Disability and Transcendence of the Body | 165 |
Notes | 181 |
References | 197 |
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The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability Susan Wendell Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1996 |
The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability Susan Wendell Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2013 |
The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability Susan Wendell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1996 |
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