1. Origins -- pt. I. Constructing the subject. 2. Researching infancy. 3. Attributing sociality. 4. Discourses of the child -- pt. II. Social development and the structure of caring. 5. Familiar assumptions. 6. Bonds of love -- dilemmas of attachment. 7. The rise of 'fathering' -- pt. III. Developing communication. 8. Language talk. 9. Discourses of caregiving talk. 10. Language and power in developmental research -- pt. IV. Cognitive development: the making of rationality. 11. The production of Piagetian psychology. 12. Piaget and child-centred education. 13. Morality and the goals of development.
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