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The Reith Lectures: George Carstairs - This Island Now: Vicissitudes of Adolescence

25/11/1962

Vicissitudes of Adolescence

George Carstairs - This Island Now

BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, George Carstairs - This Island Now, Vicissitudes of Adolescence

Professor George Carstairs considers why teenagers are drawn to violence and sex.

Professor George Carstairs considers why teenagers are drawn to violence and sex in his third Reith lecture entitled 'Vicissitudes of Adolescence'. 

Professor of Psychological Medicine at the University of Edinburgh Professor George Carstairs contemplates the patterns of social anthropology in his Reith series 'This Island Now'. 

In this lecture entitled 'Vicissitudes of Adolescence', Professor Carstairs explores how violence and sex have been linked to teenage behaviour. Are adolescents more sexually promiscuous? Are teenagers more aggressive? To answer these questions he discusses his own field research in India to compare Hindu communities to British ones, in order to consider how social class affects teenage behaviour.  

The Reith Lectures: George Carstairs - This Island Now

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The psychiatrist Dr George Carstairs examines social anthropology patterns.

Dr George Carstairs, psychiatrist and Professor of Psychological Medicine, examines social anthropology patterns in his Reith lecture series This Island Now.

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