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Zusatztext A must read. By exploring contemporary Bulgaria’s conceptual and institutional relations with disability, Teodor Mladenov has written an intriguing phenomenological analysis of embodiment. More intriguing still, Mladenov provides a convincing demonstration of the significance of disability to the lingering question of what it means to be human. Informationen zum Autor Teodor Mladenov holds a PhD in Sociology ofDisability from King's College London. He has published articles in Disability & Society, Critical Social Policy and Alter - European Journal of DisabilityResearch . Teodor has worked for many years as a researcher for disabledpeople's organisations and international NGOs operating in Bulgaria. Klappentext The book explores critically disabling contexts using disability studies and phenomenology. Vorwort The book explores critically disabling contexts using disability studies and phenomenology. Zusammenfassung 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 assistance (direct payments) and disability-based discrimination. On this basis, wider sociological and ontological claims are made concerning the body, identity, otherness, and exclusion. Inhaltsverzeichnis ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2: THE BODY CHAPTER 3: DISABILITY ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 4: PERSONAL ASSISTANCE CHAPTER 5: DISCRIMINATION CHAPTER 6: MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF INACCESSIBILITY CHAPTER 7: SEXUALITY 257 CHAPTER 8: THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CHAPTER 9: CONCLUSIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX ...
