Sobre brinoquedos e infância: Aspectos da experiência e da cultura do brincar

Abstract

Based on the paradigm of philosopher Walter Benjamin, whose materialism evokes the category of childhood detached from an ideological and indulgent view, the present paper aims at capturing the experience of childhood through the reading and subsequent discussion of Walter Benjamin's surprisingly contemporary 80-year-old texts on children's culture. By revisiting such articles, it expects to further elucidate the enigma of childhood values as well as to provide a view on how such values help promote a more comprehensive account of modernity. © 2006 CEDES.