Contemporary issues of family conceptualization in France, from crisis of social integration to “Mariage pour tous”

Abstract

"Considering the classical sociological viewpoint, family appears as the basic institution of social life. Because of the specific anthropological organization of breeding in modern societies, most of us live through an important experience of family relationships, in terms of education, of everyday life, and of the first ordeals of life. For sure, the French society and its formal and social institutions show an historical significance of family during its construction. Most of people spend many years living with other individuals considered “family,” from the parents to, sometimes, the person chosen to start a family with." [..] (fragm.)