0415455952.Routledge.Arguing.about.Disability.Developing.a.philosophical.framework.Dec.2008.pdf

Arguing about Disability

Disability is a thorny and muddled concept – especially in the ield of disability

studies – and social accounts contest with more traditional biologically based

approaches in highly politicised debates. Sustained theoretical scrutiny has

sometimes been lost among the controversy, and philosophical issues have often

been overlooked in favour of the sociological. Arguing about Disability ills that

gap by offering analysis and debate concerning the moral nature of institutions,

policy and practice and their signiicance for disabled people and society.

This pioneering collection is divided into three parts covering deinitions

and theories of disability, disabled people in society and applied ethics. Each

contributor – drawn from a wide range of academic backgrounds including

disability studies, sociology, psychology, education, philosophy, law and health

science – uses a philosophical framework to explore a central issue in disability

studies. The issues discussed include personhood, disability as a phenomenon,

social justice, discrimination and inclusion.

Providing an overview of the intersection of disability studies and philosophical

ethics, Arguing about Disability is a truly interdisciplinary undertaking. It will be

invaluable for all academics and students with an interest in disability studies or

applied philosophy, as well as disability activists.

Kristjana Kristiansen is Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of

Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway.

Simo Vehmas is Professor at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Tom Shakespeare is Research Fellow at the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences

Research Institute (PEALS), Newcastle University, UK.

Arguing about Disability

Philosophical perspectives

Edited by Kristjana Kristiansen ,

Simo Vehmas and Tom Shakespeare

First published 2009

by Routledge

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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

by Routledge

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This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008.

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and Tom Shakespeare; individual chapters, the contributors

utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now

known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in

any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing

from the publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Arguing about disability: philosophical perspectives/edited by Kristjana

Kristiansen, Simo Vehmas and Tom Shakespeare.

p. cm.

1. Disability studies. 2. Sociology of disability. 3. People with

disabilities – Social conditions. I. Kristiansen, Kristjana. II. Vehmas, Simo.

III. Shakespeare, Tom, 1996–

HV1568.2.A74 2008

305.9’08 – dc22

2008009464

ISBN 0-203-89157-0 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 10: 0-415-45595-2 (hbk)

ISBN 10: 0-203-89157-0 (ebk)

ISBN 13: 978-0-415-45595-4 (hbk)

ISBN 13: 978-0-203-89157-5 (ebk)

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