Empire of normality : neurodiversity and capitalism
Chapman, Robert (Neurodivergent philosopher)2023
Book
Neurodiversity is on the rise. Awareness and diagnoses have exploded in recent years, but how 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.
Main title:
Empire of normality : neurodiversity and capitalism / Robert Chapman.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Pluto Press, 2023.©2023
Collation:
xi, 204 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-195) and index.
Contents:
IntroductionRise of the machinesThe invention of normalityGalton's paradigmThe eugenics movementThe myths of anti-psychiatryFordist normalisationThe return of Galtonian psychiatryPost-Fordism as a mass disabling eventThe neurodiversity movementCognitive contradictionsAfter normality.
ISBN:
9780745348667 (paperback)
Dewey class:
303.484
Language:
English
BRN:
476960