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Understanding Socialization

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This chapter seeks to synthesize the perspectives and studies within the various disciplines. Returning to the first chapter and the dimensions of socialisation, emancipation is underlined as a basic purpose of modern socialisation. The driving force of socialisation is understood as the desire for recognition in all its forms, ranging from success in career and heroism to love and friendship, which the social subject seeks to realise within his or her symbolic order.

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Notes

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    Wittgenstein’s early statement “Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen” (Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent), is contrary to the position of language in socialization.

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    The concept of “standard packages” refers to norms indicating a proper level of consumption and an acceptable life style.

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    (“Selvet er et Forhold, der forholder sig til sig selv, eller er det i Forholdet, at Forholdet forholder sig til sig selv; Selvet er ikke Forholdet, men at Forholdet forholder sig til sig selv”)

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Frønes, I. (2016). Understanding Socialization. In: The Autonomous Child. SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25100-4_7

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