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Minority Body
A Theory of Disability
Elizabeth Barnes and the Social Model of Disability
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 the Book
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.
