(Ebook) Disability and Political Theory by Barbara Arneil and Nancy J. Hirschmann (eds.) ISBN 9781107165694, 9781316694053, 1107165695, 1316694054

(Ebook) Disability and Political Theory by Barbara Arneil and Nancy J. Hirschmann (eds.) ISBN 9781107165694, 9781316694053, 1107165695, 1316694054

Though disability scholarship has been robust in history, philosophy, English, and sociology for decades, political theory and political science more generally have been slow to catch up. This groundbreaking volume presents the first full-length book on political theory approaches to disability issues. Barbara Arneil and Nancy J. Hirschmann bring together some of the leading scholars in political theory to provide a historical analysis of disability through the works of canonical figures, ranging from Hobbes and Locke to Kant, Rawls and Arendt, as well as an analysis of disability in contemporary political theory, examining key concepts, such as freedom, power and justice. Disability and Political Theory introduces a new disciplinary framework to disability studies, and provides a comprehensive introduction to a new topic of political theory.
Barbara Arneil is Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver and the author of John Locke and America (1996), Feminism and Politics (1999), Diverse Communities: The Problem with Social Capital (Cambridge, 2006), and a co-edited anthology entitled Sexual Justice/Cultural Justice (2006). Scholarly recognition includes the Harrison Prize (best article published in Political Studies), the Rockefeller Fellowship in Bellagio, C. B. MacPherson Prize (shortlist) and Killam Research and Teaching Prizes.