Research Associate and Affiliated Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
Med Anthropol. 2021 Feb-Mar;40(2):155-168. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2020.1805741. Epub 2020 Aug 27.
What expectations about the mind do people with intellectual disabilities depart from? A dominant argument maintains that their mental dependence troubles liberal relations premised upon a myth of autonomy. By analyzing the centrality of persuasion in a home for adults with intellectual disabilities in the UK, I ask instead about the psychological assumptions made by relationships of care. Persuasion aims to cultivate, not their independence from care but rather, a recognition of their dependence upon it. Persuasive care's repeated failure suggests an alternative answer to the question: people with intellectual disabilities are too independent-minded for this form of dependence.
人们对智力残疾者的心理有哪些期望？一种主流观点认为，他们对自由关系的精神依赖违背了以自主神话为前提的自由关系。本文通过分析英国一家成人智障人士收容所中说服的核心地位，探讨了关怀关系中的心理假设。说服旨在培养的，不是他们对关怀的独立，而是对他们依赖关怀的认可。反复失败的劝导关怀表明，对这个问题有另一种答案：智力残疾者的独立意识太强，不适合这种形式的依赖。
