An Analysis of Philippe Aries's Centuries of Childhood【電子書籍】[ Eva-Marie Prag ]

＜p＞A critical analysis of ＜em＞Centuries of Childhood＜/em＞, in which the French historian Philippe Aries offers a fundamentally fresh interpretation of what childhood is and what the institution means for society at large. Aries's core idea is that ‘childhood,’ as we understand it today ? a special time that requires special efforts and resources ? is an invention of the 19th century, and that before that date children were in effect thought of as small adults. This led him to a re-evaluation of sources that suggested a second, crucial, conclusion: the idea that these competing visions of childhood were the products of two very different conceptions of human society.＜/p＞ ＜p＞An earlier, essentially communal, social ideal, Aries wrote, had been supplanted by a society far more family-centric and hence inward-facing. In his view, moreover, this increased focus on childhood posed a direct challenge to a well-entrenched social order. ‘One is tempted to conclude,’ he wrote, ‘that sociability ．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る