摘要:This article analyses how the development of theorisations of disability has been influencedby social movements. Firstly, it includes an analysis of the evolution of explanationmodels of disability, from the Medical Model to the Social Model. Secondly, it showshow the practice of social movements – especially, albeit not only, the movement forindependent living – has been a key factor in the production of new concepts and theoriesto explain, and to act upon, disability. Finally, it selects a set of contributions from newsocial movements and contemporary radical theory in order to outline an anthropologicalperspective that surpasses the limitations of the Social Model, placing the axis of thereflection on the power devices and domination mechanisms that construct disability.
关键词:anthropology of disability; disability; ethics; social movements; radical;theory