Empire of normality : neurodiversity and capitalism / Robert Chapman
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TextPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2023Description: xi, 204 páginasContent type: - texto
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- Volumen
- 978-0-7453-4866-7
- 305.9082 C466e 21
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Central Circulación | Colección General | 305.9082 C466e (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 28/12/2026 | 2025-0027 |
Incluye referencias bibliográficas
1. Rise of the machines -- 2. The invention of normality -- 3. Galton's paradigm -- 4. The eugenics movement -- 5. The myths of anti-psychiatry -- 6. Fordist normalisation -- 7. The return of Galtonian psychiatry -- 8. Post-Fordism as a mass disabling event -- 9. The neurodiversity movement -- 10. Cognitive contradictions -- 11. After normality.
Neurodiversity is on the rise. Awareness and diagnoses have exploded in recent years, but we are still missing a wider understanding of how we got here and why. Beyond simplistic narratives of normativity and difference, this groundbreaking book exposes the very myth of the 'normal' brain as a product of intensified capitalism.
Exploring the rich histories of the neurodiversity and disability movements, Robert Chapman shows how the rise of capitalism created an 'empire of normality' that transformed our understanding of the body into that of a productivity machine. Neurodivergent liberation is possible - but only by challenging the deepest logics of capitalism. Empire of Normality is an essential guide to understanding the systems that shape our bodies, minds and deepest selves - and how we can undo them.
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