Suchergebnisse

'In diesen einleitenden Bemerkungen nimmt der Moderator der Familienwissenschaftlichen Konferenz Stellung zum Verhältnis zwischen Familienpsychologie und Familiensoziologie, zum wachsenden Einfluss der Rational-Choice-Theorie auf letztere, sowie während der Tagung recht lebhaften Debatte über Stabilität und Wandel des Familienleitbildes im 20. Jahrhundert. Abschließend plädiert er für eine Dekomposition des so stark einheitsbetonten Familienbegriff.' (Autorenreferat)

It is advanced that: (1) the proposition that the field of marriage & the fam is a sci is open to serious question, & (2) the acceptance of this proposition, plus the field's contention that sci can save the fam, entail certain logical contradictions that the field has not fully considered & which it is obligated to consider before continuing on its current sci'fic crusade. The 1st point is treated briefly, since it has been previously examined by others, eg, Kingsley Davis & William Kolb. The 2nd point is examined at length & the focus of attention is summarized in the following statement: if the fam is a primary soc group, & if such a group is characterized by subjectivistic, particularistic types of soc relationships as sociol'ts have long declared, is there not the possibility that such subjectivism & particularism, which constitute the very essence of a primary relationship, may be undermined by a sci'fic investigation whose nature is rationalistic & universalistic in orientation? It is this question which the field of marriage & the fam must entertain. It is felt that its answer must be clearly in the negative, else the field may well undermine its traditionally central goal of fam welfare which it has seemed so anxious to preserve. AA.