Disability on a Different Model: Glimpses of an Asian Heritage

The paper reviews common uses of disability models and terminology, then sketches a few social responses in historical Zoroastrian, Jaina and Daoist philosophies. In a discussion of the ‘merits of uselessness’, Chuang-tzu's holistic social model is reconstructed. A Buddhist tale of ‘hunchback K...

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Main Author: Miles, M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2002
In: Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2002, Volume: 6, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 89-108
Further subjects:B Disability
B Terminology
B Asia
B Jaina
B China
B Japan
B Buddhist
B Zoroastrian
B Models
B Daoist
B social responses
B India
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