Childhood and Its Discontents: The First Seamus Heaney LecturesJoseph Dunne, James Kelly The book aims to advance this inquiry and will be of particular interest to parents, educators and policy-makers. By bringing toghether perspective from psychology, sociology, history and philosophy, the book in intended as a contribution to greater understanding of children themselves and of adults' imaginative and emotional inestments in them. Such understanding, not least of adult failure and neglect, may provide a basis for more enlightened policies towards childhood and greater wellbeing for childen. |
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Introduction Changing Perspectives on Childhoods | 1 |
Birth of the Virtual Child Origins of our Contradictory | 31 |
The Cosmopolitan Family Social Adaptation to | 51 |
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