A Critical Review of Social Constructionist Disability Studies: Focussed on the Relativistic and Anti-Realistic Characteristics of Social Constructionism (사회구성주의적 장애 연구의 비판적 고찰: 상대주의와 반실재론적 성격을 중심으로)

Lee Ju-Hwa (이주화)

doi:10.19049/JSPED.2021.22.1.02

A Critical Review of Social Constructionist Disability Studies: Focussed on the Relativistic and Anti-Realistic Characteristics of Social Constructionism

Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
Abbr : JSPED
2021, 22(1), pp.23-50
DOI : 10.19049/JSPED.2021.22.1.02
Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
Research Area : Social Science > Education
Received : February 9, 2021
Accepted : March 11, 2021
Published : March 31, 2021

Lee Ju-Hwa ¹

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ABSTRACT

[Purpose] This article aims to review and critically examine social constructionist disability studies, focusing on the characteristics of relativism and anti-realism that are the representative characteristics of social constructionism. [Method] Social constructionist disability studies with typically relativistic and anti-realistic characteristics were selected and analyzed in detail. [Result] By denying the absolute and objective Truth and emphasizing the possibility of alternative perspectives, the relativistic epistemology on which social constructionism is based appears to be liberating. However, it is hard to avoid the criticism that "anything goes", and relativism eventually faces a political and ethical dilemma. Poststructuralist disability studies analyze how subjects with impairments are materialized and naturalized through the regulatory practice of power, which reveal their anti-realistic characters. Poststructuralists emphasize that they do not deny materiality but they do not discuss this in detail, and instead of improving reality and presenting effective alternatives, they demonstrate the limitation of remaining only as observers and commentators. They criticize the disability movement that advocates identity politics on the basis of impairment and emphasize the deconstruction of identity. [Conclusion] To overcome the problem of oppression and discrimination against disabled people, predicaments due to impairment should be considered, which should be combined with the efforts to eliminate socioeconomic, psychological, and cultural barriers. Disabled people should be the subject of this whole process.

KEYWORDS

Social constructionism, Relativism, Anti-realism, Poststructuralism, Social model of disability

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