Political philosophical discourses on young people: approximations in history

Abstract

The main objective of this analysis is to achieve an approximation to the discourses that have been present in different moments of history in which young people are approached.

Youth has been used as a category to segment the population in terms based primarily on chronological age, assigning characteristics and evolutionary tasks that the person must meet.

Starting from the historical conception of young people, society thus proposes a "project" that encompasses the actions that society, family and institutionality structure, in order to establish a training course for young people, in order to The conception of adult person in which it would become to future. Depending on the existing conception of youth, this will be the levels and mechanisms for participation and enforceability of rights that this sector of the population has.

Youth, youth, youth, adolescence are concepts that have been used in history, presenting debates in its literary, philosophical and psychological analysis. The identification of these discourses yields elements to determine the conception of young person that is handled in a certain context and thus to be able to recognize which is the answer of the society before this population.