The Faces of Intellectual Disability - by Licia Carlson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Sensitive and clearly argued, this book offers new insights on recent trends in disability studies and philosophy.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The Faces of Intellectual Disability challenges current thinking about cognitive impairment in order to come to terms with what it means to treat people with intellectual disabilities in an ethical manner. As she embraces the task of reassessing philosophical views of intellectual disability, Licia Carlson shows how we can affirm the dignity and worth of intellectually disabled people by dropping comparisons to nonhuman animals and confronting fears and discomforts about mental impairment. Carlson presents a complex history of ideas and notions about cognitive impairment, the treatment of intellectually disabled people, and social and cultural reactions to them. Sensitive and clearly argued, this book offers significant new thinking on recent trends in disability studies and philosophy.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>[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.</p>-- "Journal of Religion, Disability & Health"<br><br><p>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.</p>-- "Choice"<br><br><p>Carlson's book is a significant addition to the welcome burgeoning of philosophical literature about disability generally and intellectual disability specifically.</p>-- "Social Theory and Practice"<br><br><p>Licia Carlson's The Faces of Intellecual Disability breaks new ground in disability studies, bioethics, philosophy, cultural sudies, and social justice studies generally.</p>-- "Disability Studies Quarterly"<br><br><p>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.</p>-- "Teachers College Record"<br><br><p>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.</p>-- "H-Disability"<br><br><p>Will have a significant impact on philosophical bioethics.</p>--Hilde Lindemann "Michigan State University"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Licia Carlson has written numerous articles on philosophy and disability and is the co-editor of Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy. She is an assistant professor of philosophy at Providence College.</p>
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