The Sociology of Generations New Directions and Challenges
This book suggests that the enduring problem of generations remains that of knowledge: how society conceptualises the relationship between past, present and future, and the ways in which this is transmitted by adults to the young. Reflecting on Mannheim’s seminal essay ‘The Problem of Generations’,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2016, 2016
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1.Why study generations?
- 2. Fresh contacts, education, and the cultural heritage
- 3. Teachers, the end of ideology, and the pace of change
- 4. ‘Safeguarding’, child protection and implicit knowledge
- 5. Gender and the intimate politics of reproduction
- 6. Conclusion