White Adultocene. Rethinking modernity through figures of the Child in the history of racial oppression

This paper explores how the figure of the Child has been used to uphold colonial anti-Black racial oppression. By examining adultism—the subordination of Children within the Child-adult binary—I trace its roots to Western philosophical ideas about nature. I furthermore show, how these ideas of natur...

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Main Author: Claudia Mock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Sociology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1482987/full
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