Disability on a Different Model: Glimpses of an Asian Heritage
The paper reviews common uses of disability models and terminology, then sketches a few social responses in historical Zoroastrian, Jaina and Daoist philosophies. In a discussion of the ‘merits of uselessness’, Chuang-tzu's holistic social model is reconstructed. A Buddhist tale of ‘hunchback K...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2002
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| In: |
Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2002, Volume: 6, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 89-108 |
| Further subjects: | B
Disability
B Terminology B Asia B China B Japan B Jains B Buddhist B Zoroastrian B Models B Daoist B social responses B India |
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