Like a Child Would Do

Like a Child Would Do An Interdisciplinary Approach to Childlikeness in Past and Current Societies

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Publisher's Synopsis

Adult childlikeness is familiar to everyone. However, childlikeness remains a little-studied and catchall concept whose more or less ameliorative or pejorative meaning can vary considerably depending on time and place, but also on disciplines. Like A Child Would Do: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Childlikeness in Past and Current Societies attempts to pierce this conceptual fog. Navigating between classical Chinese fiction, Shakespearean characters, the arts, consumer society, psychoanalysis, evolutionary theories, interactions with computers at work, toy play, or law courts, this book provides a better understanding of the concept and highlights its continuing negotiation given its capacity to symbolize the character of our societies, notably our role and degree of freedom within these roles.

Book information

ISBN: 9781988963624
Publisher: Universitas Press
Imprint: Universitas Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 250
Weight: 497g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 20mm