Sociology
The natural family does not exist: it is a cultural invention. It is a pity that the adjective “natural” is very often used in Italy to hinder all forms of union, love and filiation that go beyond pure biology. With all due respect to the radical transformations that have affected our ways of life. The family is, in fact, the ideal place from which to observe the profound changes in culture and society, so much so that the book – alternating between theoretical reflections, reconstructions of the changes that have taken place and personal memories of many “battles” fought – becomes a lucid portrait of Italy over the last fifty years.
Synopsis source: Laterza.it
Publication date: 21 February 2025
Chiara Saraceno (Milan, 1941) is a prominent Italian sociologist. She studied philosophy and taught Sociology of the Family at the University of Trento and then at the University of Turin. Between 2006 and 2011, she was a research professor at the Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung (Berlin). Today, she is an honorary fellow at the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin. Her main areas of research are the family, social policies, inequalities, welfare and poverty. She has held important institutional roles, including chairing a government commission on poverty (1999-2001). Among her best-known works are: Sociologia della famiglia, il Welfare, Couples and Families, Il lavoro non basta and L’equivoco della famiglia.
