A Tragedy and a Dream: Disability Revisited
Despite its tragic dimension, the challenge of disability has the power to serve as the catalyst towards a ‘new humanism.’ This article argues that attention to disability can reveal again the irreducible singularity that is each person, and from this, open a possibility in terms of a reconstruction...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2013
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2013, Volume: 78, Issue: 3, Pages: 219-230 |
| Further subjects: | B
Disability
B Singularity B Duns Scotus B scotist ethics B Privation B Mortality B Humanism |
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| Summary: | Despite its tragic dimension, the challenge of disability has the power to serve as the catalyst towards a ‘new humanism.’ This article argues that attention to disability can reveal again the irreducible singularity that is each person, and from this, open a possibility in terms of a reconstruction of the social bond. Reflecting on the inherent mortality of all life and the creative engendering of norms, it proposes as complementary to the Graeco-Christian ‘ontology of privation’ a new and fuller appreciation of the incommensurable singularity of each person. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140013484427 |