{"product_id":"the-minority-body-a-theory-of-disability-9780198732587","title":"The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Elizabeth Barnes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethics \u0026amp; Moral Philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890354798743,"sku":"9780198732587","price":5669.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198732587.webp?v=1781179657","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-minority-body-a-theory-of-disability-9780198732587","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}