Psychology of Blindness and Visual Culture - Towards a New Ecological Model of Visual Impairment

This book advances the debate regarding the inclusion and wellbeing of people with visual impairment (PVI) through looking at the psychological nature of visual culture and its effects on the lived experience. It is compelling reading for advanced students of psychology and philosophy, and those studying learning in cultural settings.

List of contents

Introduction. Section 1: The Development of Western Knowledge on Blindness. Chapter 1: Blindness in Antiquity, Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Chapter 2: The Middle Ages through to the Enlightenment. Chapter 3: Late Eighteenth through to Twent-First Century Culture and Blindness. Section 2: Institutionalization, Visual Impairment and Non-Visual Culture. Chapter 4: The Foundation of Early Western Institutions for the Blind. Chapter 5: English Institutional Education of the Blind, 1999. Section 3: Studies of Visual Impairment and Visual Culture. Chapter 6: Case Studies of Learning Visual Culture after Losing Sight. Chapter 7: A Study of Blind and Visually Impaired Web Coders. Conclusion. References.

About the author

Simon Hayhoe is an associate professor in the School of Education, University of Exeter and an associate of the Scottish Sensory Centre, University of Edinburgh. His writing focuses on visual impairment and visual culture, accessible and inclusive technologies, philosophies of sensory impairment and inclusion, and social science research methodology.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Hayhoe, Hayhoe Simon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032635927
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263592-7
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, Sociology, Perception, The arts: general issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, Philosophy of Mind, EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, EDUCATION / Arts in Education, EDUCATION / Special Education / Physical Disabilities, HEALTH & FITNESS / Vision, Learning, Disability: social aspects, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, The arts: general topics