Enfance et vulnérabilité. Ce que la politisation de l'enfance fait au concept de vulnérabilité

The analysis of the place conferred on childhood in the theories of care has a methodological and critical virtue: that of revealing the problematic implications of a certain use of the concept of vulnerability. The strategic use of the reference to the child within these theories is structured arou...

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Main Author: Tal Piterbraut-Merx
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée 2020-09-01
Series:Éducation et Socialisation
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/edso/12317
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description The analysis of the place conferred on childhood in the theories of care has a methodological and critical virtue: that of revealing the problematic implications of a certain use of the concept of vulnerability. The strategic use of the reference to the child within these theories is structured around a twofold idea: 1. early childhood can provide evidence of fundamental vulnerability, and 2. the mother-child relationship allows the child's dependency to be dealt with. This double thesis must be critically analyzed. To this end, I propose a paradigm shift: it is no longer a question of focusing on the dyadic mother-child relationship but of analyzing the socio-political condition of the group of children. The assignment of the vulnerability of certain social groups will then become graspable as the result of a process of institutional production. This new methodology, which takes a critical look at the use of the concept of vulnerability, is attentive to the extra-philosophical circulation of philosophical terms and draws lessons from them.
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Enfance et vulnérabilité. Ce que la politisation de l'enfance fait au concept de vulnérabilité
Éducation et Socialisation
childhood
autonomy
Vulnerability
domination of adults over children
paternalism
title Enfance et vulnérabilité. Ce que la politisation de l'enfance fait au concept de vulnérabilité
title_full Enfance et vulnérabilité. Ce que la politisation de l'enfance fait au concept de vulnérabilité
title_fullStr Enfance et vulnérabilité. Ce que la politisation de l'enfance fait au concept de vulnérabilité
title_full_unstemmed Enfance et vulnérabilité. Ce que la politisation de l'enfance fait au concept de vulnérabilité
title_short Enfance et vulnérabilité. Ce que la politisation de l'enfance fait au concept de vulnérabilité
title_sort enfance et vulnerabilite ce que la politisation de l enfance fait au concept de vulnerabilite
topic childhood
autonomy
Vulnerability
domination of adults over children
paternalism
url https://journals.openedition.org/edso/12317
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