Culture, Development and Adolescence – towards a Theory and History of Adolescence

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ID21987331
AutoresBoris Zizek (0000-0001-9088-8063, Leibniz University Hannover, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume15
Fascículo1
Páginas111-129
Data de publicação2024-07-12
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoETHICS IN PROGRESS (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2084-9257 • E-ISSN: 2084-9257
EditoraAdam Mickiewicz University Poznan (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14746/eip.2024.1.6
OpenAlexW4400889567
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas21

The present study identifies specifics of adolescence by reconstructing the cultural-historical process of the emergence of this age, which is essentially connected to modernity, by means of two epochal works of art from the years 1719 (Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe) and 1774 (Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) which are reflected upon using terms derived from development theory. This study bases its conclusions on a summary theoretical model of adolescence as the awakening of subjectivity, with critical consideration given of current tendencies in dealing with and shaping adolescence. The potential associated with this stage of life as represented amid the unleashing of modernity seems to be decreasing again in its neoliberal late phase. It seems instead to be replaced by empty stagings and conjuration of creativity

Adolescent development · Developmental psychology · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics