Is everyone upright? Erwin Straus’ “The Upright Posture” and disabled phenomenology

Abstract: This paper provides a close reading of Erwin Straus’ “The Upright Posture” from a disability studies perspective. Straus argues that the upright posture dominates the human world. But he excludes those who dwell in it otherwise. By reviewing phenomenological disability literature, this paper asks what a disabled phenomenology would look like, one rooted in the problem of inclusion from the outset. Disabled phenomenology addresses ‘subjectivity’ critically, asking: what socio-material arrangements make subjectivity possible in the first place? This project is, I argue, equal parts political economy and existential phenomenology. I conclude with some suggestions for future research.

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Is everyone upright? Erwin Straus’ “The Upright Posture” and disabled phenomenology ; volume:24 ; number:4 ; year:2014 ; pages:564-573 ; extent:10
Human affairs ; 24, Heft 4 (2014), 564-573 (gesamt 10)

Urheber
Abrams, Thomas

DOI
10.2478/s13374-014-0249-2
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404291647387.932962011773
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14.08.2025, 10:52 MESZ

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  • Abrams, Thomas

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