THE SOCIOLOGY OF YOUTH BETWEEN A SATURATED APPROACH AND A RENEWED ANALYSIS

Among the very important question of sociological studies all over the world, the phenomena of young is the major thematic developed in the same paradigm from the classical studies to the new sociological studies of this changed thematic . The evolution of scientific knowledge particularly that of sociology, leads us to consider the notion of youth not according to the “why of youth” proposed by philosophy, the “function of youth” advocated by functionalist doctrine, nor to consider the definition in vogue during the 1950s which takes a purely biological look at this period of an individual's life. It is rather a question for us in sociology of focusing on the how of this notion, through the analysis of the social process of the constitution of youth and the different interactions which take place with social institutions such as the family, school, work and other questions. Youth is a concept that has evolved since societies began to take an interest in this category. Some research stops the invention of youth with bourgeois society, while others believe that it goes back a long way in the past. In this section we will briefly present the major stages experienced by youth and the process of its emergence as an object of sociological study. In this communication, we try to explain the evolution of the sociological studies from the research of explication factors to the deeper sociological comprehension. Key words : sociology , youth ,concepts ,approach ,renewed analysis .