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Boon or bust? Heidegger, disability aesthetics and the thalidomide memorial.
- Source :
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Disability & Society . Jul2014, Vol. 29 Issue 5, p751-762. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Disability Studies has begun to interrogate the aesthetics of disability, both in terms of artwork and sensuous apprehension more generally. The present paper is a contribution to this burgeoning literature. Here I seek to demonstrate what the aesthetics of Martin Heidegger offer to that project. I do so in three stages. I begin by reviewing some relevant disability studies literature, highlighting some general themes in Disability Studies’ recent engagement with ‘the aesthetic’, widely defined. Next, I turn to the phenomenology of Martin Heidegger, to add some further philosophical depth to this project. In third and final section, I apply Heidegger’s aesthetics to the recently unveiled thalidomide memorial, to demonstrate the empirical worth of his analysis of artwork. I conclude with suggestions for future Disability Studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09687599
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Disability & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 103945120
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2013.848784