debilitating times: compulsory ablebodiedness and white privilege in theory and practice

In this paper I take up a critical position in regard to the theme of debility around which this collection is framed. I argue that theorisations of ‘debility’ do little to progress theory and policy in regard to disability and share many of the problems inherent to the social model. I also suggest that the theorisation of debility is rooted in and reinforces ablebodied privilege. I begin with a critical analysis of the social model of disability and explore the dualisms by which it either negates the body altogether or can only conceive the disabled body in negative terms. I then go on to explore how Puar’s work on debility continues this negation of the disabled body. From this position I use the work of Inahara to excavate the foundations of ablebodied privilege. In Inahara’s work gender is the analytic starting point, but for me white privilege is a much more effective mechanism through which to understand the impact and reproduction of ablebodied privilege—what McRuer refers to as ‘compulsory ablebodiedness’—which I argue underpins Puar’s work. I conclude with some reflections upon how a critical analysis of ablebodied privilege might function and I reiterate its importance for a critical theory that goes beyond the mere repetition of binary structures of ablebodiedness and disability.     

印度河流域文明消亡的现代启示

印度河流域文明是世界最古老的文明之一,发展水平相当高,但却很快地消失了,而且几乎没对继之而起的另一个文明产生明显的影响.前人对其消失的原因做出多种解释,但都存在不足.造成这一文明消亡的最重要的原因有二一是人类对自然的过度开发,造成生态环境严重恶化,最终危及文明本身;二是上层建筑发展滞后于经济发展.这种教训对以可持续发展为主旋律的现代社会来说有重要的启示.     

回族群体心理与我国经济民事法律的相互作用

回族全民信仰伊斯兰教,他们遵循的<古兰经>和伊斯兰教教法,与我国经济民事法律的-些内容有着较大的相似性,无论是婚姻家庭关系、财产继承法则,还是商业法则、税务法则都如此,所以,回族群体心理在生产、生活中的行为都有着特定的规范,他们对我国的经济民事法律中的认同程度相对较高,当然,其中有一定的宗教原因.但是,无论如何,这对于<经济民事法>的宣传贯彻有较为积极的一面.     

‘She's Like a Daughter to Me’: Insights into Care,Work and Kinship from Rural Russia

This article draws on ethnographic research into a state-funded homecare service in rural Russia. The article discusses intersections between care, work and kinship in the relationships between homecare workers and their elderly wards and explores the ways in which references to kinship, as a means of authenticating paid care and explaining its emotional content, reinforce public and private oppositions while doing little to relieve the tensions and conflicts of care work. The discussion brings together detailed empirical insights into local ideologies and practices as a way of generating new theoretical perspectives, which will be of relevance beyond the particular context of study.     

对我国市场经济条件下人力资本理论及实践的思考

在社会主义现代化建设中,充分发挥广大劳动者的积极性是至关重要的,我们应认识到劳动力生产要素在社会生产活动中的主导作用,并承认其与物力资本对等的权力,才能发挥劳动者的主人翁作用,为企业摆脱生产经营困境、改善经营管理和实现国民经济的可持续发展发挥其根本性作用.     

Comparative Statutory Interpretation in the British Isles

Existing studies of statutory interpretation are often of excellent quality but they have tended either to focus on legal practice to the detriment of comparative jurisprudence, or have examined legal reasoning at a level of abstraction which has made empirical study difficult. The author examines a recent development in this area and considers how it might be used to begin a project to identify any divergences in statutory interpretation among the various legal systems of the United Kingdom.