Könyv Reading History Sideways Arland Thornton

Reading History Sideways

The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life

Szerző: Arland Thornton
Nyelv: Angol
Kötés: Puha kötésű
Elérhetőség: Beszállítói készleten
Küldés 14-21 napon belül
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European and American scholars from the eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries thought that...

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Szerző
Nyelv
Angol
Kötés
Könyv - Puha kötésű
Kiadva
2013
oldal
322
EAN
9780226104461
ISBN
022610446X
Enbook ID
04543407
Súly
482
Méretek
17 x 229 x 2

Teljes leírás

European and American scholars from the eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries thought that all societies passed through the same developmental stages, from primitive to advanced. Implicit in this developmental paradigm - one that has affected generations of thought-was the assumption that one could "read history sideways." That is, one could see what the earlier stages of a modern Western society looked like by examining contemporaneous so-called primitive societies in other parts of the world. In Reading History Sideways, Arland Thornton demonstrates how this approach, though long since discredited, has permeated Western ideas about the family. Further, its domination of social science for centuries caused the misinterpretation of Western trends in family, marriage, fertility, and parent-child relations. Revisiting the "developmental fallacy," Thornton traces its central role in changes in the Western world, from marriage to gender roles to adolescent sexuality. Through public policies, aid programs, and colonialism, it continues to reshape families in non-Western societies as well.

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