| Titre | La notion de génération : Usages sociaux et concept sociologique | |
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| Auteur | Claudine Attias-Donfut | |
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Revue | L'Homme et la société |
| Numéro | no 90, 4e trimestre 1988 Le temps et la mémoire aujourd'hui | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Le temps et la mémoire aujourd'hui |
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| Page | 36-50 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Claudine Attias-Donfut, The Notion of Generation — Sociological Concept and Social Uses
This article is an analysis of the notion of generation and an exploration of how it can contribute to a sociology of time ; A critical look at the social sciences reveals the diversity of its meanings, the links to the theoretical projects of which it is a part, and the historical tradition which marks its present uses. The author analyses the social definitions of generation with special reference to their symbolic dimension as elements in a social construction of time between memory and history. Generation is thus interpreted in terms of the processes of continual redefinition which form it in relation to other generations ; this produces generational consciousness and is the basis of historicity. From this perspective, the formation of generations, life phases and the process of ageing are aspects of the same process. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/homso_0018-4306_1988_num_90_4_2365 |
