480 Pages
by
Routledge
480 Pages
by
Routledge
480 Pages
by
Routledge
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The republication of From Generation to Generation-almost half a century after its first appearance in 1956-constitutes a good occasion for a look at the way in which problems of youth and generations developed in contemporary societies. In this brilliant, pioneering effort, different approaches in the social sciences to the analysis of these issues receive close scrutiny. Eisenstadt reexamines these issues by including in this edition several new chapters on this theme.
I: Age Groups and Social Structure: The Problem; II: Some Types of Age Groups; III: Age Groups in Nonkinship (Universalistic) Societies; IV: Specialization and the Structure of Age Groups; V: Age Groups in Familistic Societies; VI: The Functions of Age Groups in the Social System; VII: Archetypal Patterns of Youth; VIII: Contemporary Student Rebellions—Intellectual Rebellion and Generational Conflict; IX: Youth, Generational Consciousness, and Historical Change
Biography
Shmuel N. Eisenstadt
