Critical theory and disability : a phenomenological approach /

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Author / Creator:Mladenov, Teodor, author.
Imprint:New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Critical Theory and Contemporary Society
Critical theory and contemporary society.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12869189
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ISBN:9781628922011
162892201X
9781628921991
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 17, 2014).
Summary:Critical Theory and Disability explores social and ontological issues encountered by present-day disabled people, applying ideas from disability studies and phenomenology. It focuses on disabling contexts in order to highlight and criticize the ontological assumptions of contemporary society, particularly those related to the meaning of human being. In empirical terms, the book explores critically social practices that undermine disabled people's well being, drawing on cases from contemporary Bulgaria. It includes in-depth examination of key mechanisms such as disability assessment, personal a.
Other form:Print version: Mladenov, Teodor. Critical Theory and Disability : A Phenomenological Approach. New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2014 9781628921991