Studying Generations, Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Year

2024

Publisher

Bristol University Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-52922-350-7

Link

Last Update

01-Apr-2026

Keywords

Sociology

Description

What’s in the concept of generation, and how should it be used? In exploring these two questions, this book seeks to introduce readers to the interdisciplinary potential of, and the intellectual tensions within, the field of generational studies.

The concept of generation has focused sociological interest and debate since the 1920s when sociologist of knowledge Karl Mannheim tried to define the ‘problem of generations’ (Mannheim, 1952 [1928]). It has developed in a number of directions in the subsequent century, often in conversation with related disciplines. It is a concept that is both instantly recognizable and open to numerous interpretations. For...