A Historical Sociology of Disability: Human Validity and Invalidity from Antiquity to Early Modernity

Covering the period from Antiquity to Early Modernity, A Historical Sociology of Disability argues that disabled people have been treated in western society as good to mistreat and - with the rise of Christianity - good to be good to.

Author: Bill Hughes
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/08/2019
Pages: 364
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780367174200

About the Author

Bill Hughes is Professor of Sociology at Glasgow Caledonian University. He was co-editor of Disability and Social Theory (2012), a regular contributor to and member of the Editorial Board of Disability & Society and, formerly, Editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research.