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    12 “YOUTH IS JUST A WORD Q. How does a sociologist approach the problem of youn people? |A. The professional flex is to point ou thatthe divisions betwen the gs are rbiary. Is he prado Menifed by Pareto, who sai hat we don't know when old age begins, jst as we dont ow where wealth ‘begins. Indeed, the fonter beeen youth and age is something that i fought vernal soit, For example, a Te eas ago was feng an Bite on relations Beiveen young men ndtheireliersinsitenthsentry Florence showed how the elders of the ety afered ts young ren te ‘geology of wily — wd and Volence, which was 4 way of keeping inden and thercore power for theres I these m9, Gsorpes Duly shows how nthe Middle Ages tei of youth were manipulated bythe older ofthe patroony. so at Kepthe young noble, who might ‘otherwise appre to the svceson, ina sate ol yout That i, ‘responsibility Erle eqivalen things woul be found in syngs and proverb, or simply nstecotypesof yout, or azanin philosophy, rom Patoto Alin, ‘which sens ite specie pasion ta cach age ofan “love to adolescence mbiion to maturity. The ieologel representation of the dvison| ‘etween young and old grants ceria higs tothe youngest, which means ‘hatin eur they have svemany thingstotherlders. Thisiseen very clearly in the ease of spot, ugh, fr example with te poration of “Tough young payers docile, good natured bre assigned othe rough nd tumble ofthe Torara game exe by managers a commentators {lust ase your strength and Keep your mouth shut, don think). This structure wich sas found elsewhere (ein relations Between the sexes) Feminds us that the lopial division between young and old i also 2 {usstion of power, of the division (in the sense of sharing ot) of powers {Clasication by age (ut also by sexand ofcourse class.) aways means imposing limits ad producing an oder o wick each peson must keep, ‘expng himself in his lace. Q. Whar do you mean by ‘old? Adults? Those Involved rduction? Pensioners? Ti ih pn Mave ME i Le Jere premier emp Pasi ‘ssoation des Ag, 1978 $2010 “YOUTH IS JUST A WORD 8, |A. Whoo sty youngold Jam wing the relationship init most general orm, Oneisalways sombody’ senior or unio. Thatiswhy the divisions, whether into nge groupe or info generations, are early variable end Subj! to manipultion, For example, the antropoloist Neney Munn Show that n some scien Austral the rhuvenaing mape that od ‘women use fo restowe their youth regarded as thoroughly diabele, ‘Benueit overturns te boundaries between th ages, so that no onekows ‘ny longes wos young and who's ol My pat simpy that youth and fez ave no alfevdnt data but are socially contracted nthe traggle Detwoee the youngand the od “Tac relaionship between sci ge aed biological ageisvery complex. I ‘one wee to compare youss people from the diferent facions of the ‘lominas ls, for example ll he students entering the le Normal, the Bole Nationale & Adminsteation, Poyteshoique, et, in the same Jar, one would ae tat the closer they are to the poke of power, the more thes "young me take onthe atte ofthe al the old man, the noble, the notable ef. Avone moves rom the inet othe manning ‘hrecor, so veryibing that ive young Took —fong ir, ans. ee. ~ Alsappears “As Thave shown ation tfshion or atticand tear production cach eldasitesponic laws of uging. To understand how te peertions “te dvde, you hae to know the specie laws of functioning ofthe eld, the specie prize hat are fought fr and thedivsons that ere i he Natl (nelle gues nove roman, noneansplosopes, “hee Joes ele) All hat fly Buea but fe demonstrates that age = ‘olen! datum, scaly manipolted and pipe; and that merely taking about "the young” as * socal uni, a consiuad group, with ‘common intrest ein thee interests toa biolopelly defied ae, ielfun obvious manipulation, At the ery Test one out o analy the tifecences between diferent eatgories of "yout oft Be Bi, a as ‘vo types of yout For example, ne could systematically compar the Condtonsofexisone, the lou marke, he Une management, of ‘Joung people” who ar already in work, and of adolescents ofthe ame ‘Giciopeal) age mho are tens. On one side there are the constraints of the real econori ivers, barely mitigated by family soit: om the ‘ter the arial universe of dependency, based on substi, with ow ont teas and accentedaton, reduced pices in theatres ad iene, Su so on, You'd tnd sma diferenes inal ares of exsene: fr ‘harp the ely longhaited kids who take their gnfriends fora ie ‘ma capped-outsooter are the very same ones who get picked up by the pote Inter words, isan enormous abuse of language to we the same oatapt fo bum under the same term socal universes th have Drill nothing i common. ta ane case, you have a universe of iolescente in the tre sense, #2 other words, one of provisional 96 SOCIOLOGY IN QUESTION these young cop’ acing of sc ng manslan, ga al ft oe hs nd hie ae he ave Pah Stake Thats why wy Bouse sleet drew o prologing it olocene deine ire the compen of Frade ia Faber’ ‘Eacarin wetionale wo cleat exends ir adalscence Hig aid tha tht youths ae spy two opposing ples he wo ees of Spatefponiiiofted to young eae Onc Wetnireing in ‘Eitemere tom Laue Teveot wor tht sows tat beter {tmcenre postion the bourgeois nen a neend ant het, {he young worker who dcr not een be an nln on nds tovadayral te lncmotate postions fu it the transformation of the educational system that has Prodiced this kind of contin. where previously here nasa more ‘arcu difference between he clases?” inne othe store nhs lating othe oppositions betwen ousg teopl nthe deen lcs tr Ut let th i all anes a ight froporon pas trough sonny eduson 0 tat 2 proportion of {clogs young pope whow parents i ol aperet afasace fv dicoved thi teporary statin, the Paley hoe ‘hldhoodaadadlon. unk asa vy inporant elt et Een Stas appueny mst emote om the tent coniion ote tinseeth cot. a toy inal lagen, wre teenie Of rans and canna now goth asda soa een a ‘ke, aolsces re cd, fra lately ong pod, at ab 3 when froviosy they woukdhave een workin, hoe poston aoa ouse {es ucaluiver ie ene the aden on seems atone ‘'the most powerful effects of the situation of adolescents derives from this, tind of seerte een, whch pus thm sc oof ple. Te ‘Shoo ofowerand eect te pie HH pues yoaN eon Coclenice part rm ews quamonastspce wes hye Shfeaprca tet widen fromthe wrt un ciety ae o ‘rpaing forthe nt esr onto Tey Go peste rations inp ther the sors of things on ow school, execs with ak “imunton, For some years now all young peopl ave had acess oa ‘Smonofthisesperencsmorcor fy developed ad, bowel mare ‘rls tng Hone brit and sopra itmay ave bre tavern i detect rset wo rode ose degre break wih tues These he eto he mineson who wants B0 iowa tome atsoon at peal beac thar sh routenothe mono saa Te aly, os ton why workings adolescents want 0 ave sda tet work yay stb dass oattn al tat an the “Eeocatedconomicsapncies soon pont 1's ey tpn for $TRyfoearn money so hecan hcp op wisps gb ou this ates “YOUTH IS JUST A WORD 9 sow lbs, nse isla Ta son af fairy fchin! wortog cau Gules pans To the lcg ofthe hl ievngawe “A eine, the fc being laine Maen sation indies sor of thing which are constitute ofthe cle sation. They kave ‘harbundice Boosted up ita sng hey ston wets ind ha op Bs thy stoic ith other tr Ov ap, ofboth exe ode Sori and st home they are aboled rom mater tke onthe gounds ‘atthy are studing ad san port Tatra he working ase ‘along wi divtacconzat wichleadr snr oberouf pay) T thik that th symbobe setinpasie han a ceain imporanc, capecialy sce is accompanied by oe ofthe Rares fet he ‘Socata! oysien, whith the angulation of sation. People Stvaye orn on cS BRS ls Whore yo lear aps where yo acquire owiedge end ss koa ntiton which awards {Kathctons and therefore elements and 3 cone epaonn ‘Teoldschoolsywen produsdiss confusion thane rset sytem wth ‘complicated rocks which ead pope o hae aspaton that Sctelotharnchanes. Teac wed oe ary ear you went ‘yond the rary school erica, you west ox crurs completa, righ pity stot a cele, Or cesta wast Senet simon throes anne one was nay doubt Now rere ‘sto eer troghthe sem hare al par and oahave tebe very arin eo voi raning into ings ded end the suo rosrid deals councs and qucatons Tat pro soeorage degre of disconnection of peop {Te prewou nate of he yr meat ta otras ed poplete sae re rit aja oneal Forenanple, pinay school ecers were people who were std and ale, comets or enon, tht hey would beef om [seas and worker wh ate sete bg comply separate From seondnry techs Now hatte sem sv he Sats of befen, fhe deloed t cides fom socal canes for whom seconry “svat wa rmery quite nasil encourages thse id th ums expe wba he yen provide or ede pep ata tine ‘en hee schoolrwere soe ohm, Toso scondayederton to hte oto the aspirations that were iscrbod in entering secondary Sdaton na erer tage of theyton ping to ede meas puting, ie pir ofboth pntiontobecome a ete tachar, a doctor lawyer aca al potions that wer pena up byte en the {sterwar od. Now, ie time wher worl cen wee notin the stem, te sym wes notte me. Coseqeny theres een

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