{"product_id":"9789877120608","title":"Fountains of youth","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Fountains of Youth\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this work, Dardo Scavino offers a profound analysis of how youth has been conceived as a cultural ideal throughout history. From the Enlightenment to the 21st century, the author traces the evolution of this concept, dismantling the idea of linear progress and showing how youth shifted from being a stage of maturation to a symbol of regeneration and change. An essential essay for understanding the tensions between age, culture, and power in contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book examines the transformation of the concept of youth from the Enlightenment, when it was associated with maturation guided by authority, to the positivism of the 19th century, which linked human progress with linear development. Scavino contrasts this vision with that of thinkers like Alberdi or Echeverría, for whom youth represented a regenerating force capable of replacing the archaic. From there, he performs a genealogy of the cult of youth that emerged at the end of the 20th century, when age ceased to be understood as an immutable biological destiny and became a cultural construction that varies according to historical context. The work denaturalizes the idea of progress and analyzes how contemporary societies have fetishized youth as a supreme value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMain themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eGenealogy of the concept of youth from the Enlightenment to the present day.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eCritique of progressivism as an ideology linked to cultural imperialism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eYouth as a force of regeneration against the obsolete in the thought of Alberdi and Echeverría.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eDenaturalization of age: from biological data to cultural and historical construction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe cult of youth in contemporary culture and its social implications.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is aimed at readers interested in political philosophy, the history of ideas, and cultural analysis. It is especially recommended for those seeking to understand how discourses on youth have shaped conceptions of progress, authority, and social change. It will also be of interest to students and scholars of social sciences, philosophy, and literature who wish to explore the tensions between biology, culture, and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book offers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA critical and demystifying perspective on the contemporary cult of youth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA historical journey that connects Enlightenment thought with current ideologies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eConceptual tools to analyze the relationship between age, power, and culture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAn original reading of key authors like Alberdi and Echeverría from a refreshing approach.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA reflection on how societies construct and fetishize the stages of life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Dardo Scavino\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Eterna Cadencia SL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubject: Modern and contemporary fiction, Philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eCollection: Essay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublication date: April 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of pages: 336\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 350 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fountains of Youth is a rigorous and provocative essay that invites us to rethink one of the most deep-seated myths of our time. Scavino combines historical erudition with a critical gaze that disarms linear narratives of progress. His genealogical approach offers the reader a valuable tool for questioning certainties about age and social change. A work that, without a doubt, will enrich the debate on how we construct and value the stages of life in the contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ETERNA CADENCIA SL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53407292227931,"sku":"9789877120608","price":23.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978987712060.jpg?v=1781851769","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9789877120608","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}