ISBN:
9781478017707
,
9781478015086
Language:
English
Pages:
293 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Kotrosits, Maia [Rezension von: Sterne, Jonathan, 1970-, Diminished faculties : a political phenomenology of impairment] 2024
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Sterne, Jonathan, 1970 - Diminished faculties
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Sterne, Jonathan, 1970 - Diminished faculties
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Sterne, Jonathan, 1970 - Diminished faculties
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Sterne, Jonathan, 1970 - Diminished faculties
DDC:
362.4
Keywords:
Sociology of disability
;
Disabilities Philosophy
;
Disabilities Social aspects
;
Voice disorders
;
Phenomenology
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
;
Behinderung
;
Phänomenologie
Abstract:
Degrees of muteness -- Meet the Dork-o-phone -- In search of new vocalities : an imaginary exhibition -- Audile scarification : on normal impairments -- There are never enough spoons -- Impairment theory : a user's guide.
Abstract:
"In Diminished Faculties Jonathan Sterne offers a sweeping cultural study and theorization of impairment. Drawing on his personal history with thyroid cancer and a paralyzed vocal cord, Sterne undertakes a political phenomenology of impairment in which experience is understood from the standpoint of a subject that is not fully able to account for itself. He conceives of impairment as a fundamental dimension of human experience, examining it as both political and physical. While some impairments are enshrined as normal in international standards, others are treated as causes or effects of illness or disability. Alongside his fractured account of experience, Sterne provides a tour of alternative vocal technologies and practices; a study of "normal" hearing loss as a cultural practice rather than a medical problem; and an intertwined history and phenomenology of fatigue that follows the concept as it careens from people, to materials science, to industrial management, to spoons. Sterne demonstrates how impairment is a problem, opportunity, and occasion for approaching larger questions about disability, subjectivity, power, technology, and experience in new ways. Diminished Faculties ends with a practical user's guide to impairment theory"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 249-279
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