I don't know if Goffmann is alive today. However, he certainly was when the debate was ongoing in the late 60's, I have not seen Goffmann's reply to his critics.
Black people didn't invent, nor did people with impairments invent disability. Goffmann's Stigma is certainly a Christian concept, the ideas contained in his work have certainly not improved the lot of the disability community.
Keith
Keith Armstrong
On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 10:09:40 +0100
Jonathan McNabb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In relation to the last post: I would like to point out that in the
> discussions by disabled writers on Goffmann's Stigma I have read none have
> to taken into account Goffmann's use of irony and other literary devices
> which are there under the surface.
>
> Jonathan
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