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January 1, 2011Global Studies of Childhood

Taking a Step Away from Modernity: Reconsidering the New Sociology of Childhood

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APAlan ProutUniversity of Stirling

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Implication

Theoretical analysis uncovers pervasive modernist dichotomies in childhood sociology, suggesting the need for relational, hybrid models to understand contemporary generational relations.

Key Points

  • To analyze the theoretical limitations of modernist sociology in the study of childhood and propose alternative conceptual frameworks that overcome rigid dualisms.
  • Critically analyzed the sociological discourse and conceptual foundations governing the emergence of the sociology of childhood.
  • Deconstructed three core modernist oppositions framing contemporary theory: agency versus structure, nature versus culture, and being versus becoming.
  • Demonstrated that childhood sociology reproduces modernist dichotomies that fail to capture the complexity and instability of late modernity.
  • Identified a conceptual strategy for including the excluded middle through interdisciplinarity, theoretical hybridity, and symmetrical analysis of social networks and generational relations.

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Alan Prout (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69deb222741e97d2d4e940f1https://doi.org/10.2304/gsch.2011.1.1.4
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