Tag: Philosophy

• ‘The Right to Maim’- Puar, Jasbir K.

  In The Right to Maim Jasbir K. Puar brings her pathbreaking work on the liberal state, sexuality, and biopolitics to bear on our understanding of disability. Drawing on a stunning array of theoretical and methodological frameworks, Puar uses the concept of “debility”—bodily injury and social exclusion brought on by economic and political factors—to disrupt the…

  The Disability Archives

  18th Nov 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, LGBTQ+, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, P, Philosophy, Transgender

  Academic, ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise, Biopolitics, Disability Politics, Disability Studies, History, Israel, LGBTQ+, Non-Fiction, Palestine, Philosophy, Politics, Queer Politics, Race Politics, Series, Social Issues, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Transgender

• ‘The Minority Body’- Barnes, Elizabeth

  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…

  The Disability Archives

  24th Oct 2023

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  Academic, Disability Pride, Disability Rights, Disability Studies, Feminsim, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Physical Disability, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Capitalism and Disability’- Russell, Marta

  This book comprises a collection of groundbreaking writings by Marta Russell on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism. Spread out over many years and many different publications, the late author and activist Marta Russell wrote a number of groundbreaking and insightful essays on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism. In this…

  The Disability Archives

  13th Sep 2023

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  Activism, Anthology, Capitalism, Civil Rights, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Disability Politics, Disability Studies, Economics, Essay Anthology, Essays, History, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Politics, Social Issues, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘The Capacity Contract’- Simplican, Stacy Clifford

  In the first sustained examination of disability through the lens of political theory, The Capacity Contract shows how the exclusion of disabled people has shaped democratic politics. Stacy Clifford Simplican demonstrates how disability buttresses systems of domination based on race, sex, and gender. She exposes how democratic theory and politics have long blocked from political…

  The Disability Archives

  13th Sep 2023

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  Academic, Disability Politics, Disability Studies, Intellectual Disability, Neurodivergence, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Psychology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘The Architecture of Disability’- Gissen, David

  A radical critique of architecture that places disability at the heart of the built environment Disability critiques of architecture usually emphasize the need for modification and increased access, but The Architecture of Disability calls for a radical reorientation of this perspective by situating experiences of impairment as a new foundation for the built environment. With…

  The Disability Archives

  9th Sep 2023

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  Academic, Accessibility, Architecture, Disability Studies, Inaccessibility, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Stand Alone, Submitted Book