Tanis,
I think your comments is a bunch of shit!
Henry
"Tanis M. Doe" wrote:
> Oh, now this sounds like a dialogue I can engage in! First, I love the
> idea that "disability" would be or is being placed along side or in the
> same category as Marxism and capitalism.Is "Disability"an ideology? UMMM
> I think I also would argue that there are Marxist and materialist analysis
> of what disability means in terms of reserve army of labour (deaf and
> developmentally disabled often used for physical work during war time much
> likewomen were) and capitalist perspectives on disability and its
> cost/benefit are certainly available. But to ask if disability is
> somewhere on the continuum poses an epestimological and ontological
> question about disability itself. Andrew did not ask about disabled
> people but about Disability. If disability is an ideology is if left of
> center? neutral? Surely the social model is left of center, but the
> rehabilitation and medical models could be neo-conservative. I thinkthis
> is an interesting discussion and would welcome comments from other list
> members especially referring to disability itself as an ideology.
>
> Tanis (Thanks Andrew!)
>
> pls send attachments to [log in to unmask] not to this email thanks.
>
> On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Andrew Azzopardi wrote:
>
> > Dear list members,
> >
> > A question came to mind that I would like to discuss;
> >
> > 'Are we correct in placing Marxism and capitalism at the extreme ends of
> > the political continuum...Where does disability stand in this continuum?...
> > Why?'
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your contribution
> > Andrew Azzopardi
> > M.Ed. student - University of Sheffield
> >
> >
> >
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