{"product_id":"the-faces-of-intellectual-disability-philosophical-reflections-paperback-softback-9780253221575","title":"The Faces of Intellectual Disability; Philosophical Reflections (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253221575","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Faces of Intellectual Disability\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePhilosophical Reflections\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLicia Carlson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253221575\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 December 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e286 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.404 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carlson (philosophy, Providence College) provides a valuable, in-depth exploration of the philosophical and moral underpinnings of understanding of persons with intellectual disabilities. She surveys historical perspectives over time, looking at how people with intellectual disabilities became increasingly marginalized in society and at how perception of this segment of society as 'other' resulted in the creation of the asylum and later the institution for the 'feeble-minded.' Within the confines of these institutions, residents were often treated as 'pets,' a conceit that is evident in current ethics discourse and debates surrounding animal rights and speciesism. Using the deconstructionist analysis pioneered by Michel Foucault, Carlson provides effective countervailing arguments against such ethicists as Peter Singer, who assume an equivalence between severely cognitively impaired infants and nonhuman animals, using potentialities as the criterion. Carlson argues that the complexities of human nature should be acknowledged and accepted within the social community. The book is a bit pedantic, but Carlson's logic is impeccable. This will be vital resource in a variety of disciplines. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers. — Choice\"—D. J. Winchester, Yeshiva University, August 2010\u003cbr\u003e \"Carlson's book is a significant addition to the welcome burgeoning of philosophical literature about disability generally and intellectual disability specifically.\"—\u003ci\u003eSocial Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Licia Carlson's The Faces of Intellecual Disability breaks new ground in disability studies, bioethics, philosophy, cultural sudies, and social justice studies generally.\"—\u003ci\u003eDisability Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[P]rovides a rigorous philosophical analysis of how the outsider's viewpoint of ID in particular (generalizable to disability as a whole) will blind, cripple, and even retard (puns intended!) theological work, and that only historical illumination and serious interaction with the perspectives of those with ID or their caretakers can help do justice to the issues at hand.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Religion, Disability \u0026amp; Health\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Carlson provides a valuable, in-depth exploration of the philosophical and moral underpinnings of understanding of persons with intellectual disabilities. . . . This will be vital resource in a variety of disciplines. . . . Highly recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The Faces of Intellectual Disability illuminates exquisitely the epistemological and normative commitments and implications of various philosophical accounts. As such, it is a valuable addition to the philosophical literature on intellectual disability.\"—\u003ci\u003eTeachers College Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Through her linguistic skill, Carlson renders complex ideas ascertainable. . . . [This] project is a sound and worthy foundation on which to build a more complete analysis in this growing area of scholarship.\"—\u003ci\u003eH-Disability\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Will have a significant impact on philosophical bioethics.\"—Hilde Lindemann, \u003ci\u003eMichigan State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A bold, critical intervention into the domains of disability studies, philosophy, and bioethics.\"—Lisa Diedrich, \u003ci\u003eStony Brook University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Note on Terminology\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Philosopher's Nightmare\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. The Institutional World of Intellectual Disability\u003cbr\u003e 1. Twin Brothers: The \"Idiot\" and the Institution\u003cbr\u003e 2. Gendered Objects, Gendered Subjects\u003cbr\u003e 3. Analytic Interlude\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. The Philosophical World of Intellectual Disability\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Face of Authority\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Face of the Beast\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Face of Suffering\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Face of the Mirror\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656054599960,"sku":"9780253221575","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-faces-of-intellectual-disability-philosophical-reflections-paperback-softback-9780253221575","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}