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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457041503321

Autore

Carlson Licia <1970->

Titolo

The faces of intellectual disability [[electronic resource] ] : philosophical reflections / / Licia Carlson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-53978-7

9786612539787

0-253-00394-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

616.8588

Soggetti

Intellectual disability - Philosophy

Intellectual disability - Social aspects

People with mental disabilities

Ethics

Intellectual disability

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The institutional world of intellectual disability -- Twin brothers : the "idiot" and the institution -- Gendered objects, gendered subjects -- Analytic interlude -- The philosophical world of intellectual disability -- The face of authority -- The face of the beast -- The face of suffering.