Centring Disability - An Epistemological Reversal

This book demands reconfiguring the centre of knowledge generation by relocating disability from its present peripheral position to the centre.

About the author

Tanmoy Bhattacharya is a professor of linguistics, University of Delhi, and guides research on Syntax, Psycholinguistics, Gender, Disability, Inclusion, Deaf Education and Sign Linguistics; his research publications and presentations highlight this vast range of academic interest.

Summary

What does disability teach us? This book is a response to this question. Very specifically, it demonstrates how socially manifested themes of education, inclusion, language and politics (of policies) are woven around the central motif of centring – a philosophy that guides us to construction of knowledge about the world and about the lives lived in this world. Centring disability demands reconfiguring the centre of knowledge generation by relocating disability from its present peripheral position to the centre; in short, attempting an ‘ontological reframing’ by considering disability as an epistemological source. At the end, the book opens a window to a world that promises social transformation through inclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Bhattacharya Tanmoy
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.08.2025
• EAN: 9788195839452
• ISBN: 978-81-958394-5-2
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Disability, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Family & health, Caribbean islands, Social and cultural anthropology, Disability: social aspects, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Educational strategies and policy: inclusion, Educational strategies and policy, Disability and the law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General