Historian’s discovery of childhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10324920 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Willem Frijhoff (Erasmus University Rotterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 11-29 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Paedagogica Historica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-9230 • E-ISSN: 1477-674X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00309230.2011.644568 |
| OpenAlex | W2051134075 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
The “discovery of childhood” is a tricky notion because childhood is as much a fact of a biological and psychological nature as a cultural notion that through the centuries has been the object of changing perceptions, definitions, and images. Children barely speak in history; virtually everything we know about them is mediated by adults. Then how to interpret the theme? This introductory paper proposes a triple approach. It examines firstly, and forcibly very roughly, the discovery of the child in social discourse and social practice throughout history. Secondly, it analyses the invention of childhood in scholarly practice, focussing in particular on the influential study by Philippe Ariès. Thirdly, it briefly recalls the interplay between scholarly work and personal commitment with regard to the discovery of the child as an “historical sensation”
Aesthetics · Child abuse · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Epistemology · History of childhood · Linguistics · Object (grammar · Perception · Poison control · Sociology · Theme (computing · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology
Exhibiting the Past
L’enfance sous la plume
Growing up beside you
German children’s art during World War I
Corporal Punishment as a Means of Education? Patterns of Interpretation in the German Educational Discourse in the First Half of the 19th Century
Accessing children’s historical experiences through their art
Child labour in high performance and professional sport
Age is Just a Number? Supporting Migrant Young People with Precarious Legal Status in the UK
Seeing the difference
The flourishing child
Curiosity, youth, and knowledge in the visual and textual culture of the Dutch Republic
Youthful minds and hands
Looking at the voices of the child. Ideas, challenges, and derailments in the educational space of the past
Young children, gender and the heterosexual matrix
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |