Kockázatos lehetőségek. Individualizálódás, társadalmi életformák és a szerelem összefüggése
Risky Opportunities: The Connection between Individualization, Lifesytles and love

Summary/Abstract: The paper, which also serves as an introduction to the book, examines the historically developed opposition of love, freedom, and the family. The authors argue that though the industrial society triggered the emergence of the nuclear family, at the same time it separated the ideals of the era – i.e. freedom and equality – from it. As these ideals gradually emerged in the family, however, they also spread to love relationships through self-realization and the heightened expectations towards love. One of the main reasons for the change was individualization. Values connected to one’s carrier became internalized, which, in turn, created tension between the differing demands of the labor market and relationships. This resulted in the opposition of family and freedom. Although individualization existed in previous eras too, it has never ever had such a widespread impact.

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