Toward More Family-Centered Family Sciences

Love, Sacrifice, and Transcendence

Howard M. Bahr, Kathleen S. Bahr (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

406 Seiten

2009
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-2673-8 (ISBN)

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Much academic writing on families reflects the ideal of non-involvement and distanced subject matter. Toward More Family-Centered Family Sciences suggests that the family sciences, in their effort to be scientific, have perpetuated this distance between researcher and subject, to the detriment of both. The authors argue that family and kinship ties are transcendent ties, boundary-crossing in numerous ways. They place an emphasis on family love, in contrast and in addition to romantic love, and criticize current approaches for neglecting the importance of transcendent concepts such as love, commitment, respect, and sacrifice in the development and well being of family structures. Drawing from insights both inside and outside of academia, the authors seek to reincorporate transcendent concepts into the study of the family as a unit of society. They argue for a more collaborative, family-centered family science and offer recommendations for how family researchers might work to change the scientific monologue about families to a systemic dialogue with families.

Howard M. Bahr is professor in the department of sociology at Brigham Young University. Kathleen S. Bahr is associate professor (ret.) in the department of marriage, family, and human development at Brigham Young University

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Families and Self-Sacrifice Chapter 3 Family Transcendence Chapter 4 Love Chapter 5 Family Spirituality Chapter 6 Family Work Chapter 7 Emotion Work Chapter 8 Family Work as Ritual Chapter 9 Close, Warm, and Particular

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.3.2009
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 239 mm
Gewicht	733 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
ISBN-10	0-7391-2673-3 / 0739126733
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-2673-8 / 9780739126738
Zustand	Neuware