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The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability (Studies in Feminist Philosophy) by Elizabeth Barnes, (Philosopher) is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability (Studies in Feminist Philosophy) about?

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, (Philosopher)

Publisher

OUP Oxford

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780198732587

Subjects

Sociology, Philosophy, Social Science

Rating

4.5 / 5 (35 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14