
FAMILY AS RELATIONSHIP IN THE POST-MODERN SOCIETY: SUGGESTIONS FROM THE RELATIONAL SOCIOLOGY
(STEF92 Technology, 2018, Sara Nanetti, M. L. Bosoni)
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In the contemporary society different scholars have emphasized the pluralization processes and variability in family forms (Giddens 1991; Beck, Beck-Gernsheim 2001; Baumann 2000). This trend is known as “individualization”, where individuals and self-realization become primary objective and the relationships are "instrumental" to personal happiness and gratification. In this context the value of family ties becomes considerably weakened: some sociologists wonder if the family is still a resource or rather an o...

