The Meaning of Infancy

By John Fiske

Discover how the vulnerability of human babies is secretly the key to our species' intelligence, society, and ongoing progress.

Genres

Health & Medicine Parenthood & Family Relations Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution

Released

2004-05-01

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Summary

"The Meaning of Infancy" by John Fiske is a late 1800s scientific book that studies how infancy deeply matters to human development and evolution by connecting biology and education to understand childhood's influence on humanity. Fiske's study shows how a long infancy helps humans grow and explains why we can advance and build civilizations. He explains how babies needing care creates strong family ties and societies and how a baby's ability to learn lets humans pass on knowledge and morals for generations, making us the peak of evolution.

About the Author

John Fiske may refer to:John Fiske (philosopher) (1842–1901), American philosopher and historian John Fiske (1939–2021), author and Professor Emeritus at the University Wisconsin-Madison John Safford Fiske (1838–1907), U.S. diplomat involved in a sex scandal