In this highly original study of the cultural assumptions governing our conception of people with disabilities, Lennard J. Davis argues forcefully against 'ableist' discourse and for a complete recasting of the category of disability itself. Enforcing Normalcy surveys the emergence of a cluster of concepts around the term 'normal' as these matured in Western Europe and the Unit...(展开全部)

What parts of morality ought the law to enforce? What considerations justify its enforcement? What is the relationship between the legal and social enforcement of morality? Are there principled moral limits that constrain the enforcement of morality? How should we think about the pragmatic limits to the effective enforcement of morality? These are some of the main questions add...(展开全部)

Unrivalled in its clarity and coverage, this sparkling new edition of Chris Shilling's classic text is a masterful account of the emergence and development of body matters in sociology and related disciplines. A timely, well reasoned response to current concerns and controversies across the globe, it provides chapter-by-chapter coverage of the major theories, approaches and stu...(展开全部)

作者简介 克里斯·希林（Chris Shilling） 英国肯特大学社会学教授，代表作为《身体与社会理论》（首版1993，二版2003，三版2012），另著有《社会学何为》（2007），《文化、技术与社会中的身体》（2005），《改变中的身体》（2008）等。 译者简介 李康 先后毕业于复旦大学和北京大学，现任北京大学社会学系教授，教学卓越奖获得者。曾于哈佛大学和牛津大学分别访学一年。在西方社会学理论、文化社会学、历史社会学方面完成译著近30部，1400余万字。

作者简介 克里斯·希林（Chris Shilling） 英国肯特大学社会学教授，代表作为《身体与社会理论》（首版1993，二版2003，三版2012），另著有《社会学何为》（2007），《文化、技术与社会中的身体》（2005），《改变中的身体》（2008）等。 译者简介 李康 先后毕业于复旦大学和北京大学，现任北京大学社会学系教授，教学卓越奖获得者。曾于哈佛大学和牛津大学分别访学一年。在西方社会学理论、文化社会学、历史社会学方面完成译著近30部，1400余万字。

作者简介 克里斯·希林（Chris Shilling） 英国肯特大学社会学教授，代表作为《身体与社会理论》（首版1993，二版2003，三版2012），另著有《社会学何为》（2007），《文化、技术与社会中的身体》（2005），《改变中的身体》（2008）等。 译者简介 李康 先后毕业于复旦大学和北京大学，现任北京大学社会学系教授，教学卓越奖获得者。曾于哈佛大学和牛津大学分别访学一年。在西方社会学理论、文化社会学、历史社会学方面完成译著近30部，1400余万字。

The second edition of this widely used text has been carefully rewritten to ensure that it is up-to-date with cutting-edge debates, evidence, and policy changes. Since the book's initial publication, there has been an expansion of interest in disability in the social sciences, and disability has come to play an increasingly prominent role in political debates. The new edition t...(展开全部)

艾里希•弗洛姆（1900—1980），美籍德裔犹太人，人本主义精神分析学派的代表人物，著有《爱的艺术》《逃避自由》《占有还是存在》《人心》等。弗洛姆十分重视对人与社会的关系的研究。他承认人的生物性，但更强调人的社会性，认为人的本质是由文化的或社会的因素而不是生物的因素决定的。他的思想融汇了弗洛伊德的精神分析学说和马克思的人本主义学说。

"Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse" develops a narrative theory of the pervasive use of disability as a device of characterization in literature and film. It argues that, while other marginalized identities have suffered cultural exclusion due to a dearth of images reflecting their experience, the marginality of disabled people has occurred in t...(展开全部)

"Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse" develops a narrative theory of the pervasive use of disability as a device of characterization in literature and film. It argues that, while other marginalized identities have suffered cultural exclusion due to a dearth of images reflecting their experience, the marginality of disabled people has occurred in t...(展开全部)