Growing Up in Society - a Historical Social Psychology of Childhood
Abstract: This paper develops a historical social psychology that can be used to understand young children's social development. It compares the theoretical frameworks of three of the most important relational thinkers in the 20th century - Norbert Elias, Pierre Bourdieu, and Erich Fromm - to shed light on their attempts to integrate the insights of psychoanalysis into their sociological perspectives. I begin by exploring Bourdieu's "uneasy" relationship with psychoanalysis, arguing that this has led to a less than successful quest by his followers for bridging concepts that can further develop the concept of social habitus. Fromm, one of the foremost but relatively neglected psychoanalysts of his generation, developed a relational psychoanalysis to explain the social relatedness of individuals in society. However, although his key concept of social character is a bold attempt to make sense of the historical forces that shape our individual and collective lives, it is still too heavily tied
- Alternative title
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Aufwachsen in (der) Gesellschaft: eine historische Psychologie der Kindheit
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Growing Up in Society - a Historical Social Psychology of Childhood ; volume:42 ; number:4 ; pages:207-226
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Historical social research ; 42, Heft 4, 207-226
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Psychologie
- DOI
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10.12759/hsr.42.2017.4.207-226
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55152-3
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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14.08.2025, 10:45 AM CEST
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