HUMA 1970 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Middle Ages

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September 19, 2013: the idea of childhood is not a real thing but is a construction of ideas, these constructs aren"t fixed. Think about how those divisions work: the innocent child is a myth. The idea of the innocent child becomes so engraved in our culture that it becomes real. We buy into it because it becomes natural, even though it"s not real. He thinks that we have to go back in time to understand childhood. 4 spaces (jenkins): romantic, medieval, victorian, modern. Look for disconnects, and when things are working against each other in articles: during the middle ages, children didn"t have privileges and were not sheltered like they are today. Children were pure and innocent: spontaneity, care free, imaginative, disciplined. Children need adults to constrain them and shake them. Fill them up with ideas that will make them good and useful citizens o. Locke"s ideas 1693 (test know about his philosophy: says children are blank slates.

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