{"product_id":"the-minority-body-a-theory-of-disability-9780198822417","title":"The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Barnes \u003c\/strong\u003eis Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. She works on metaphysics, ethics, and social and feminist philosophy--and is especially interested in the places where these areas overlap.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649770754322,"sku":"9780198822417","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_99cca9d2-ddc4-4bee-94bc-b86f40df6927.jpg?v=1733273101","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-minority-body-a-theory-of-disability-9780198822417","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}