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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810795703321

Autore

Carlson Licia <1970->

Titolo

The faces of intellectual disability : philosophical reflections / / Licia Carlson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-53978-7

9786612539787

0-253-00394-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

In a challenge to current thinking about cognitive impairment, this book explores what it means to treat people with intellectual disabilities in an ethical manner. Reassessing philosophical views of intellectual disability, Licia Carlson shows how we can affirm the dignity and worth of intellectually disabled people first by ending comparisons to nonhuman animals and then by confronting our fears and discomforts. Carlson presents the complex history of ideas about cognitive disability, the treatment of intellectually disabled people, and social and cultural reactions to them. Sensitive and clearly argued, this book offers new insights on recent trends in disability studies and philosophy.