Upbringing and Agency: Three Perspectives

IF 0.1 3区文学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-01-26 DOI:10.1353/phl.2021.0034

S. Justman

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Abstract

Abstract:According to the authors of the widely discussed Coddling of the American Mind, the protections received in childhood by today's college students made them the fragile souls who have demanded and often obtained protection from "unsafe" ideas. The authors' analysis implicates larger questions than they seem quite prepared to discuss—in particular, what it means to be an agent as opposed to a hapless product of one's upbringing. Investigating this issue, I consult two renowned works of literature that examine the constricted upbringing of women, who were understood as fragile beings long before iGen arrived on the scene.

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教养与能动性:三个视角

摘要:《溺爱美国人的心灵》一书引起了广泛的讨论，作者认为，当今大学生在童年时期受到的保护使他们的灵魂脆弱，他们要求并经常获得对“不安全”思想的保护。作者的分析隐含了比他们似乎准备讨论的更大的问题——特别是，作为一个代理人，与一个人的成长过程中不幸的产物相对意味着什么。为了调查这个问题，我参考了两本著名的文学作品，它们研究了女性受限制的成长过程，早在伊根出现之前，女性就被认为是脆弱的。

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