Interpretations of Family Crisis in Sociology. Between Familism and the Global Revolution of Lifestyles Cover Image

Interpretacje kryzysu rodziny w socjologii. Między fami­lijnym fundamentalizmem a rewolucją stylów życia
Interpretations of Family Crisis in Sociology. Between Familism and the Global Revolution of Lifestyles

Author(s): Tomasz Szlendak
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: family crisis; familism; culture of selfishness; global revolution of lifestyles; social change

Summary/Abstract: Since the end of the nineteen sixties, there has been a public debate on family crisis in Euro-American culture. The scholars involved in the ideological dispute on family crisis can be classified into four categories: functionalist family-centrists, conservatives, liberals or supporters of feminist-liberal interpretation. The article presents the ideological stands in the argument and proposes an approach which allows to analyze family changes without excessive emotionality and ideological involvement. The author persuades that the transformations of family should not be viewed as a symptom of its decline (tutaj decline jest OK) but as an effect of adjustment to new environmental circumstances being the result of both social and economic developments.

  • Issue Year: 191/2008
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 5-41
  • Page Count: 37
  • Language: Polish