Five children and a paradigm : the cultural construction of romantic and utilitarian concepts of childhood

This thesis identifies and challenges two distinct modes of describing contemporary childhood and traces these two modes to their roots in the philosophies of mind that engendered the Enlightemnent. It is argued that these two modes, labelled for ease of reference Romantic and Utilitarian as cultura...

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Main Author: Lunnun, John Arnold
Published: University of Central Lancashire 2004
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.410483