Addressing ableism : philosophical questions via disability studies / Jennifer Scuro ; foreword by Joel Michael Reynolds ; and a dialogue with Devonya N. Havis and Lydia X. Z. Brown.

"Addressing Ableism is a set of philosophical meditations outlining the scale and scope of ableism. By explicating concepts like experience, diagnosis, precariousness, and prosthesis, Jennifer Scuro maps out the institutionalized and intergenerational forms of this bias, given that it is analogous to and yet also distinct from other kinds of dehumanization, discrimination, and oppression. This project also includes a dialogical chapter on intersectionality with Devonya N. Havis and Lydia X. Z. Brown, a philosopher and a writer/activist, respectively. Utilizing theorists like Judith Butler, Tobin Siebers, Emmanuel Levinas, and Hannah Arendt to address ableism, Scuro thoroughly critiques the neoliberal culture and politics that underwrite ableist affections and phobias. Addressing Ableism exposes the many material and non-material harms of ableism and it offers multiple avenues to better confront and resist ableism in its many forms. Scuro provides crucial insights into the many uninhabitable and unsustainable effects of ableism and how we might revise our intentions and desires for the sake of a less ableist world."-- From back cover.