id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_5h2gdnbv6jeuxo52lzh4svhvbu Ben Little Generation: the politics of patriarchy and social change 2017 11 .pdf application/pdf 5885 275 48 Generation: the politics of patriarchy and social change 'generation', a term which has become highly prevalent within political discourse Generation is a pivotal and structuring concept in contemporary politics, but not specific age cohorts, but cultural differences centred on generation have also played a Mannheim argued that generations are distinct social units formed by the historical, live in a time of crisis and change, Mannheim helps to explain why generation is than theorising historical change: society was a contract between the generations. arguing for freedom within capitalism, not for a generational social contract; but in For Mannheim, generation was a way of signifying and understanding major social of generation as a political tool without ignoring class, or to talk about time and context, or social identity.'25 Generation is not an identity in the same way as class, generation locates a political movement in the legacy of previous struggle but it does ./cache/work_5h2gdnbv6jeuxo52lzh4svhvbu.pdf ./txt/work_5h2gdnbv6jeuxo52lzh4svhvbu.txt