Abstract:

Childhood sociology has started to be noticed only in recent years and is on the way to become an independent discipline within the discipline of sociology. The dominance of family sociology in the discipline of sociology, and the development of psychology and socialization in the field of psychology, delayed the emergence of childhood sociology. Historically, children experienced discrimination and being pushed to the second plan caused this discipline to appear only after the Second World War. This study is based on critical reflexive method. New childhood sociology in Turkey has been interpreted with a critical reflection by classifying it with concepts such as Orientalism, Occidentalism and modernization within the framework of dualism and continuity paradigms by the researcher. It is emphasized that the new childhood sociology should be based on continuity and process. In addition, it has been argued that children should play a critical and transformative role in the face of neoliberal policies by opposing market culture. It has also been discussed that Turkish society can open up the possibilities of a new field of childhood sociology by deconstructing the discursive West by going beyond the Orientalist and Occidentalist ways of thinking. New childhood sociology, as an independent discipline, can create areas of resistance through an interdisciplinary method with children that emphasize continuity, value the process, open new discourse areas, take participatory roles and create transformation.

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