Symbolic violence and disability: some reflections on an out-of-law concept

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA DEL DIRITTO
Author/s Matteo Schianchi
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2021/2
Language Italian Pages 12 P. 98-109 File size 189 KB
DOI 10.3280/SD2021-002005
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The condition of disability has been historically and continuously subjected to forms of inferiorization, whose cultural assumptions and social effects are effectively explained by the concept of symbolic violence. It is necessary for the law to deal with this dimension, by contributing to the cultural, social and legal rupture that ongoingly activates the premises of the state of inferiority linked to disability rather than by constructing specific norms.

Keywords: Disability -Symbolic violence "Inferiority status " Legalism

Matteo Schianchi, Violenza simbolica e disabilità: alcune riflessioni su un concetto fuori legge in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL DIRITTO " 2/2021, pp 98-109, DOI: 10.3280/SD2021-002005