Prejudice: From Individual Identity to Nationalism in Young People

ISBN-13: 9780749433024 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 255 str.

Cedric Cullingford

Opis

How do some little angels turn into bigoted little monsters? How and when do children start to realize who they are and which groups they belong to? How do they view other races, other members of society, and people from different religions? This is a study of how people's attitudes towards one another develop from an early age. Based on empirical research of children aged five to 11, it explores the nature of categorization and stereotypes - from groups to nations. Following the development of a child's sense of identity the author shows how snobbery, xenophobia, chauvinism and blinkered attitudes to others are acquired through time. While frighteningly forthright, the book's positive message is that strong prejudice (racism and chauvinism) is preventable.

Spis treści

1: Prejudice as personal definition; 2: Sources of information; 3: Early discriminations: the forming of group identities and the self; 4: The divided world: perceptions of inequality; 5: The sense of self in the environment; 6: The world in its place: nations and nationalities; 7: The world and the individual's point of view; 8: Groups of identity: peoples, races, nations and cultures; Towards conclusions

O autorze

Cedric (Professor of Education Cullingford