Authenticity as an inarticulate ideal in the contemporary discourse of good childhoods
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/childphilo.2021.55770" target="_blank" >10.12957/childphilo.2021.55770</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Authenticity as an inarticulate ideal in the contemporary discourse of good childhoods
Original language description
This paper consists of an initial investigation about the meaning of a good childhood following the ethical ideal of authenticity. In this introduction to a philosophy of childhood and authenticity, the central theme is to investigate how the authenticity ideal is already presupposed in the contemporary discourse on what constitutes a good childhood. In the emerging field of philosophy of childhood, the capacities of children for agency, autonomy, and committing and the fundamental role of parents in guaranteeing possibilities to exercise them are being increasingly highlighted, together with a discourse that there are some intrinsic goods of childhood. These developments parallel contemporary reconstructions of authenticity as an ethical ideal. Current debates emphasize the importance of a person finding, creating and constructing their originality, and how to realize it. At the same time, this search must recognize demands emanating from something more than human desires: from one's culture and community. The parallel dynamics between these two discourses - children-parent and individual-society - point to a direction that applying the concept of authenticity to the construction of novel interpretations and practices of a good childhood can bring fruitful results. After examining such parallels, some of these practices that emerge from the analysis of good childhoods as authentic childhood are pointed out, such as the importance of cultivating children's moments of caring and committing, and the development of personal projects. The paper concludes by exploring some limitations of the applied methodology and how it can be a strength in future research on this topic.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Childhood and Philosophy [online]
ISSN
1984-5987
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Jun. 2021
Country of publishing house
BR - BRAZIL
Number of pages
28
Pages from-to
1-28
UT code for WoS article
000715442300006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85113292547