1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798747003321

Autore

Bachelard Gaston

Titolo

The dialectic of duration / / Gaston Bachelard ; translated and annotated by Mary McAllester Jones ; introduction by Cristina Chimisso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD : , : Rowman & Littlefield International, , 2016

ISBN

1-78660-060-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (123 pages)

Collana

Groundworks

Disciplina

115

Soggetti

Space and time

Time perception

Time - Philosophy

Philosophy, French - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778638203321

Autore

Charlton James I.

Titolo

Nothing about us without us : disability oppression and empowerment / / James I. Charlton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1998]

©1998

ISBN

1-280-09047-2

9786613520357

0-520-92544-0

0-585-04779-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

323.3

Soggetti

People with disabilities - Civil rights

People with disabilities - Social conditions

Discrimination against people with disabilities

Sociology of disability

Stigma (Social psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- The Argument -- Acknowledgments -- People Interviewed -- Part I. Introduction -- Part II. Disability Oppression and Everyday Life -- Part III. Empowerment and Organization -- Part IV. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism. Charlton's analysis is illuminated by interviews he conducted over a ten-year period with disability rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe, and the



United States. Charlton finds an antidote for dependency and powerlessness in the resistance to disability oppression that is emerging worldwide. His interviews contain striking stories of self-reliance and empowerment evoking the new consciousness of disability rights activists. As a latecomer among the world's liberation movements, the disability rights movement will gain visibility and momentum from Charlton's elucidation of its history and its political philosophy of self-determination, which is captured in the title of his book. Nothing About Us Without Us expresses the conviction of people with disabilities that they know what is best for them. Charlton's combination of personal involvement and theoretical awareness assures greater understanding of the disability rights movement.