Inventing the ‘normal’ child

The Normal Child

The chapters on psychology and sociology present a very biased analysis of these fields. The emphasis is always on what he chooses to call the "mysteries" that have arisen in these fields. The implication is that living things in general, and man in particular, while a material object is, at the same time, subject to laws not applicable in the nonliving world. He intimates that these "supernatu...

Oogamy: Inventing the Sexes

The male-female dichotomy has evolved independently in nearly all lineages of multicellular organisms. Why this should be the case is still uncertain, but recent studies of mating-type genes in green algae open a promising new way to explore molecular-genetic aspects of the evolution of dichotomous sexes.

Inventing and Re-Inventing the Juvenile Delinquent in British History

This article explores the development of historical writing on British youth delinquency over the last two decades, with some reference to broader European and North American influences. The article outlines the early analyses of historical juvenile crime, particularly in relation to the influence of ‘history from below’ approaches, and the history of childhood. It then moves on to consider the...

Inventing the Electronic University

David W. Lewis is Lehman Librarian at Columbia University, New York, New York 10027. Higher education is confronting a fundamental change. The transition from print on paper to digital and electronic technologies is transforming instruction, scholarly communication, and the storage and preservation of knowledge. What is required is not the automation of old systems, but the restructuring of ins...

Educating the Sub-Normal Child