Towards a Contextual Psychology of Disablism

ISBN-13: 9781138781214 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 258 str.

Brian Watermeyer

Opis

This text argues a psychological framework of disability is essential for a more cohesive disability movement. Presenting conceptual ideas which describe psychological dynamics confronting disabled people in an exclusionary and prejudiced world, this volume is an important contribution to the literature.

Recenzje

'Watermeyer presents a thoughtful psychological and political argument on how to understand and address bias against people with disabilities, writing in an easy manner that is very approachable for any serious student of disabilities studies, psychology, or rehabilitation …This book should be required reading for clinicians, activists, educators, and researchers who work with and advocate for people with disabilities.' -Steven R. Pruett, PsycCRITIQUES, July 7, 2014, Vol.59, No.27, Article 8

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Cultural Othering and Material Deprivation  2. Theorising Disability: The Body, Ideology and Society  3. Psychoanalysis and Disability Studies: An Unlikely Alliance  4. Bioethics, Disability and The Quality of Life Debate  5. Exploring the Cultural Shaping of Socialization: The Psychological Positioning of Disabled Lives  6. Oppression, Psychology and Change: Initial Conceptual Reflections  7. Conceptualising the Psychological Predicaments of Disablism: Disability, Silence and Trauma  8. Disability and the Distortion of Personal and Psychic Boundaries  9. Disability and Loss  10. Concluding Reflections

O autorze

Brian Watermeyer is a clinical psychologist, and a disabled person. During the writing of this book he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Stellenbosch University. He teaches on postgraduate programmes at several South African universities, in disability studies, rehabilitation science, clinical psychology and other health science disciplines.