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The Golden Chain: Family, Civil Society and the State

The Golden Chain: Family, Civil Society and the State

Nautz, Jürgen
Ginsborg, Paul
Nijhuis, Ton

Hardcover

Series: Studies on Civil Society, Book 6

AnthropologyGeneral Political ScienceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0857454706
ISBN13: 9780857454706
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Mar 1 2013
Pages: 324
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The family can be viewed as one of the links in a golden chain connecting individuals, the private sphere, civil society, and the democratic state; as potentially an important source of energy for social activity; and as the primary institution that socializes and diffuses the values and norms that are of fundamental importance for civil society. Yet much of the literature on civil society pays very little attention to the complex relations between civil society and the family. These two spheres constitute a central element in democratic development and culture and form a counterweight to some of the most distressing aspects of modernity, such as the excessive privatization of home life and the unceasing work-and-spend routines. This volume offers historical perspectives on the role of families and their members in the processes of a liberal and democratic civil society, the question of boundaries and intersections of the private and public domains, and the interventions of state institutions.

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