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Children as Full Human Beings: A Radical Rethinking of Social and Political Transformation Beyond Domination, Oppression, and Capitalist Exploitation

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dc.contributor.advisorBreaugh, Martin
dc.contributor.authorDelage, Amelie
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-08T17:20:28Z
dc.date.available2021-03-08T17:20:28Z
dc.date.copyright2020-11
dc.date.issued2021-03-08
dc.date.updated2021-03-08T17:20:28Z
dc.degree.disciplinePolitical Science
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines the general paternalist prejudice against children. It highlights the generational blind spot within critical theory and its failure to engage with the power dynamics between adults and children and how this contributes to a political culture based on domination and exploitation. The dissertations main argument is that reclaiming childrens full humanity must be the cornerstone of any emancipatory political agenda. The dissertation focuses on the conception of childhood that came with the transition to capitalism within liberal societies. The liberal conception of children is best exemplified by John Locke through its defence of paternalism and capitalist property relations. The dissertation demonstrates how parentchild relations in capitalist society are not rooted in natural inclinations or biology but rather are a political construction to reproduce the unequal property relations of a system based on domination, oppression, and exploitation. The dissertation stresses the dehumanizing aspects of the doctrine of socialization and of the mandatory schooling system that consolidates the liberal institution of children. By drawing on First Nations political thinking and the unschooling/self-directed learning movement, the dissertation offers a glimpse of the possibilities of a genuinely emancipating parenting and educative paradigm on which social justice can be built.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/38174
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectSociology
dc.subject.keywordschildism
dc.subject.keywordspaternalism
dc.subject.keywordsunschooling
dc.subject.keywordsself-directed education
dc.subject.keywordsself-directed learning
dc.subject.keywordschildren's rights
dc.subject.keywordsemancipation
dc.subject.keywordsdomination
dc.subject.keywordsparent-children relations
dc.subject.keywordsFirst Nations political thought
dc.subject.keywordschildhood
dc.subject.keywordsparental authority
dc.subject.keywordsadulthood
dc.subject.keywordsyoung people
dc.subject.keywordsschooling
dc.subject.keywordspublic education
dc.subject.keywordssocialization
dc.subject.keywordsJohn Locke
dc.subject.keywordscoerced schooling
dc.subject.keywordsforced schooling
dc.subject.keywordsemancipatory politics
dc.subject.keywordsfreedom
dc.subject.keywordschildren's liberation
dc.subject.keywordschild
dc.subject.keywordschildren
dc.subject.keywordsadult
dc.subject.keywordssocial transformation
dc.subject.keywordspolitical transformation
dc.subject.keywordsoppression
dc.subject.keywordscapitalist exploitation
dc.subject.keywordsdemocratic parenting
dc.subject.keywordsfeminist parenting
dc.subject.keywordsemancipatory parenting
dc.subject.keywordsconsent
dc.titleChildren as Full Human Beings: A Radical Rethinking of Social and Political Transformation Beyond Domination, Oppression, and Capitalist Exploitation
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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