Год выпуска: 2010 Автор: Gil Eyal Издательство: Страниц: 240 ISBN: 9780745643991
Описание
"Autism, rare and little publicized twenty years ago, is now constantly in the news and is absorbing ever larger sums of public funding and concern. It has changed school classrooms and perhaps the very nature of childhood. This book is the best available sociological analysis of how this happened, linking recent events to those early in the twentieth century. It tells of the formidable labour of autism activists, their dreams and schisms, with generosity and insight. Institutions, the ideals of the family and its management, and child minding, all play their role. This is a reflective analysis of a pervasive event of our times, replacing cliches by new ideas." Ian Hacking, The College de France "The Autism Matrix is an exemplary exercise in historically informed medical anthropology and sociology. This richly argued, engaging, and well–researched book begins with the basic question of why autism diagnoses have increased in recent years and then offers a wealth...
