A seminal volume on prejudice against children for parents, teachers, psychologists, social workers, policy-makers--anyone concerned with the crucial subject of child welfare. In this groundbreaking volume on the human rights of children, acclaimed analyst, political theorist, and biographer Elisabeth Young-Bruehl argues that prejudice exists against children as a group and that it is comparable to racism, sexism, and homophobia. This prejudice--"childism"--legitimates and rationalizes a broad continuum of acts that are not "in the best interests of children," including the...
A seminal volume on prejudice against children for parents, teachers, psychologists, social workers, policy-makers--anyone concerned with the cr...
This book comprises a collection of the distinguished psychoanalyst Elisabeth Young-Bruehl's papers ranging from 'Psychoanalysis and Social Democracy', 'Civilization and its Dream of Contentement', 'Reflections on Women and Psychoanalysis' and 'Reflections on Psychobiography'. Each essay is of value in its own right, and the collection together will be found to make an important contribution to our understanding of the history of psychoanalysis.
This book comprises a collection of the distinguished psychoanalyst Elisabeth Young-Bruehl's papers ranging from 'Psychoanalysis and Social Democracy'...
