Deconstruction of the disability discourse in Iranian urban society

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

farzad mohamadipoor ¹ , سروش فتحی ² , طهمورث sh ³

1 - دانشجوی دکتری جامعه شناسی مسایل اجتماعی ایران، واحد تهران مرکز،دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران
2 - دانشیار گروه جامعه شناسی، دانشکده علوم انسانی، واحد تهران غرب، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران (نویسنده مسئول)
3 - دانشیارگروه جامعه شناسی، عضوهیات علمی دانشگاه آزاداسلامی واحد تهران مرکز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران

Received: 2020-05-31 Accepted : 2020-06-22 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: citizenship, discrimination, disability, Antiquity, Deconstruction of discourse,

Abstract :

By representing disability in the written works of post-Islamic Iranian thinkers, the present study seeks to understand the situation of ignoring the disabled, and analyzes these changes by confronting the old and new discourses and exiting the dominant space in the field of texts related to disability.which has been done with a qualitative approach or the focus group method among the physically disabled people of Isfahan urban society, in terms of methodology. It has beenalso by the help of Foucault's archeology and genealogy, and given the historical nature of the subject, the method of data collection is documentary and library analysis, and a text-based historical methodin particular.The works were divided into three categories: moral, educational, folk or folk works.The findings show that the negative attitude of the society towards the disabled, the incompatibility of physical facilities, supportive institutions, intra-group support, lack of social trust and the feeling of social deprivationisolates a large part of the disabled, and the discourse must change in the urban society. There have been two discussions in this regard: Some believe that independence of people with disabilities should be recognized, and this requires elimination of negative associations with the title of disabled.Another group believes that changing the name does not actually affect people's real lives.The right approach is to change people's thoughts and opinions about a social group - as the disabled here - and social change will not happen with changein names.