Cet article analyse les conditions sociales qui soutiennent des systèmes politiques coopératifs dans un contexte marqué par des hiérarchies sociales, présentes autant au niveau structurel que subjectif. Il traite spécifiquement du
capacitisme internalisé, défini comme l’intériorisation des normes sociales qui construisent les personnes handicapées comme « valant moins que » car elles
ne correspondent pas aux standards de la normalité. Cette internalisation divise et isole les personnes handicapées, engendre une pression quotidienne
pour se rapprocher de l’idéal valide et produit de la haine de soi. Cet article s’appuie sur une auto-ethnographie réalisée durant un stage de Communication NonViolente (CNV) dans le cadre d’une recherche étudiant les
processus de transformation individuelle et collective de la CNV. Il analyse d’abord les étapes soutenant la déconstruction de ces normes et de leurs effets,
sur la base d’un récit articulant des concepts théoriques à une expérience de capacitisme internalisé. Il met ensuite en lumière la manière dont des règles explicites, porteuses de normes basées sur la coopération, peuvent agir comme un système alternatif transformant les hiérarchies sociales et les normes qui les sous-tendent. Il pose enfin l’hypothèse que ces règles explicites peuvent
constituer un support pour inspirer des modèles politiques coopératifs.
This article analyzes the social conditions that support cooperative political systems in a context marked by social hierarchies, present at both structural and subjective levels. It deals specifically with internalized ableism, defined as the internalization of social norms that construct disabled people as “worth less than” because they don't fit the standards of normality. This internalization divides and isolates disabled people, generates daily pressure to approximate the able-bodied ideal and produces self-hatred. This article is based on an auto-ethnography carried out during a Nonviolent Communication (NVC) training course as part of a research study into the individual and collective transformation processes of NVC. It first analyzes the steps involved in deconstructing these norms and their effects, on the basis of a narrative articulating theoretical concepts to an experience of internalized capacitism. It then highlights the way in which explicit rules, bearing norms based on cooperation, can act as an alternative system transforming social hierarchies and the norms that underpin them. Finally, it poses the hypothesis that these explicit rules can provide a basis for inspiring cooperative political models.
This article analyzes the social conditions that support cooperative political systems in a context marked by social hierarchies, present at both structural and subjective levels. It deals specifically with internalized ableism, defined as the internalization of social norms that construct disabled people as “worth less than” because they don't fit the standards of normality. This internalization divides and isolates disabled people, generates daily pressure to approximate the able-bodied ideal and produces self-hatred. This article is based on an auto-ethnography carried out during a Nonviolent Communication (NVC) training course as part of a research study into the individual and collective transformation processes of NVC. It first analyzes the steps involved in deconstructing these norms and their effects, on the basis of a narrative articulating theoretical concepts to an experience of internalized capacitism. It then highlights the way in which explicit rules, bearing norms based on cooperation, can act as an alternative system transforming social hierarchies and the norms that underpin them. Finally, it poses the hypothesis that these explicit rules can provide a basis for inspiring cooperative political models.