What Makes a Family. A Philosophy of Bonds

Original title: Faire famille, Une philosophie des liens

Author: Galabru, Sophie

Publication Date:

October 2023

Pages:

242

Original language and publisher

French | Allary Editions

Territories Handled

Worldwide excl. French

Genre

Philosophy

What Makes a Family. A Philosophy of Bonds

Original title: Faire famille, Une philosophie des liens

Author: Galabru, Sophie

Synopsis

Families, by their very nature, are under pressure, because they contain differences, protectiveness and freedom, connection, handing down and separation.

How can we cope with departures and arrivals? How do we hand things down and receive them? What is the importance of blood ties?

This essay address all of the issues that every member of a family will be confronted with at some point. It discusses sharing both tasks and property, hierarchical relationships, protection and violence, as well as both new ways to make families and the enduring nature of traditional structures.

Intertwining private memories, pop culture, classic philosophical references and recent sociological studies, Sophie Galabru enables everyone to understand their family bonds and to deal with them better.