The influence of Ariès’ discovery of childhood on the historical pedagogics

Abstract

Since Philippe Ariès published his Centuries of Childhood in 1960, a lot has changed in historical pedagogy. There have been supporters of Ariès' work, which led to a change in the paradigm of historical pedagogy. But also Ariès had his critics, who didn't agree with Ariès, as well in his used methodology as in his main conclusions. The present paper gives an overview of the debate that Centuries of Childhood caused. Arguments of both the supporters as the opponent will be discussed. The aim of this study is to describe the influence of Ariès discovery of childhood.