Childism

Informationen zum Autor Elisabeth Young-Bruehl (1946-2011) was a psychoanalyst and the award-winning author of Hannah Arendt: For Love of the World! Anna Freud: A Biography! and Why Arendt Matters. Klappentext "Childism" is a seminal volume on prejudice against children for parents, teachers, psychologists, social workers, policy-makers--anyone concerned with the crucial subject of child welfare. "This book has helped me, like nothing else I've read, to understand why it is so hard to get the kind of help for children that all the best science of our time is telling us they need. I hope everyone reads it. As Young-Breuhl states, 'prejudice has to be recognized in order to be overcome.'"--Claudia M./i>--Claudia M. Gold "Child in Mind " Zusammenfassung Focusing on the human rights of children! the author an acclaimed analyst! political theorist and biographer argues that prejudice exists against children as a group and that it is comparable to racism! sexism and homophobia. He draws upon a wide range of sources! from the literary and philosophical to the legal and psychoanalytic.

Autorentext

Elisabeth Young-Bruehl (1946-2011) was a psychoanalyst and the award-winning author of Hannah Arendt: For Love of the World, Anna Freud: A Biography, and Why Arendt Matters. She lived in Toronto.

Klappentext

"Childism" is a seminal volume on prejudice against children for parents, teachers, psychologists, social workers, policy-makers--anyone concerned with the crucial subject of child welfare.

Zusammenfassung
Focusing on the human rights of children, the author an acclaimed analyst, political theorist and biographer argues that prejudice exists against children as a group and that it is comparable to racism, sexism and homophobia. He draws upon a wide range of sources, from the literary and philosophical to the legal and psychoanalytic.