Like a Child Would Do

<p>Adult childlikeness is familiar to everyone. However childlikeness remains a little-studied and catchall concept whose more or less ameliorative or pejorative meaning can vary considerably depending on time and place but also on disciplines. <em>Like A Child Would Do: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Childlikeness in Past and Current Societies</em> attempts to pierce this conceptual fog.</p><p>Navigating between classical Chinese fiction Shakespearean characters the arts consumer society psychoanalysis evolutionary theories interactions with computers at work toy play or law courts this book provides a better understanding of the concept and highlights its continuing negotiation given its capacity to symbolize the character of our societies notably our roles and degree of freedom within these roles.</p>