Disability and Social Theory: New Developments and Directions

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introducing Disability and Social Theory....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Civilising Modernity and the Ontological Invalidation of Disabled People....Pages 17-32
Commodifying Autism: The Cultural Contexts of ‘Disability’ in the Academy....Pages 33-51
Disability and the Majority World: A Neocolonial Approach....Pages 52-69
Discourses of Disabled Peoples’ Organisations: Foucault, Bourdieu and Future Perspectives....Pages 70-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Cyborgs, Cripples and iCrip: Reflections on the Contribution of Haraway to Disability Studies....Pages 91-111
Theory, Impairment and Impersonal Singularities: Deleuze, Guattari and Agamben....Pages 112-126
The Body as the Problem of Individuality: A Phenomenological Disability Studies Approach....Pages 127-142
Dancing with Disability: An Intersubjective Approach....Pages 143-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Nomadology and Subjectivity: Deleuze, Guattari and Critical Disability Studies....Pages 161-178
Jacques Lacan + Paul Hunt = Psychoanalytic Disability Studies....Pages 179-194
Intellectual Disability Trouble: Foucault and Goffman on ‘Challenging Behaviour’....Pages 195-211
Stalking Ableism: Using Disability to Expose ‘Abled’ Narcissism....Pages 212-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Lave and Wenger, Communities of Practice and Disability Studies....Pages 233-251
Disability, Development and Postcolonialism....Pages 252-269
Engaging with Disability with Postcolonial Theory....Pages 270-286
Recognition, Respect and Rights: Women with Disabilities in a Globalised World....Pages 287-307
Conclusion: Disability and Social Theory....Pages 308-317
Back Matter....Pages 318-348