Is everyone upright? Erwin Straus’ “The Upright Posture” and disabled phenomenology

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6190818
AutoresThomas Abrams (0000-0002-3908-4446, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen24
Número4
Páginas564-573
Fecha de publicación2014-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHuman Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1210-3055 • E-ISSN: 1337-401X
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.2478/s13374-014-0249-2
OpenAlexW2032113683
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas24

This paper provides a close reading of Erwin Straus’ “The Upright Posture” from a disability studies perspective. Straus argues that the upright posture dominates the human world. But he excludes those who dwell in it otherwise. By reviewing phenomenological disability literature, this paper asks what a disabled phenomenology would look like, one rooted in the problem of inclusion from the outset. Disabled phenomenology addresses ‘subjectivity’ critically, asking: what socio-material arrangements make subjectivity possible in the first place? This project is, I argue, equal parts political economy and existential phenomenology. I conclude with some suggestions for future research

Epistemology · Existentialism · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Subjectivity · Disability Rights and Representation · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Psychology