The number of People and Companies of December 2008 200 000 children conceived through in vitro fertilization in France since 30 years ” Élise de La Rochebrochard made the point about in vitro fertilization : medical techniques, ethical debate, evolution. In total, since the inception of the technique, nearly 200 000 children have been conceived […]
Elements of sociology of the family : think of the status of step-parent
While the president of the Republic wants to create a status for the parents-in-law, to recognition of their educational presence with the children of their partner or companion, it may be useful to ask some of the milestones in the sociology of the family, as to the status of step-parent. Rebuilding a family is it […]
television and the aging process
How to study the report of the elderly population to the television asks Vincent Caradec in his article from 2003, “The television, analyzer of aging” in the journal Networks ? There are two possibilities open to the researcher : the first, non-retaining by Caradec is to consider the age group of “older people” and analyzing […]
The size of men influence their relationships
Nicolas Herpin, ” the size of The males : its impact on the life in couple and the professional career “, Economie et statistique, n°361, 2003 The large men are more often in couple than the small According to the continuing Survey on living conditions realised by the Insee in 2001, among the men of […]
The gay parenting debate : points
the use of The mobile phone in the couple
“The mobile phone in the married life. Find a personal territory or to maintain the marital relationship ? “Martin, Singly, Networks, 2002 The mobile phone is it a piece of equipment marital or personal ? What place does it take in the couple ? It is to these two major questions that are answered by […]
The toy as a support for the family memory
The Love of the art is not innate
Here is a quotation from Pierre Bourdieu, La Distinction. Social Critique of the judgment, Paris, Editions de Minuit, 1979, p 83, which illustrates an exemplary non-innéité of the judgment of taste. In The Distinction, but especially in The Love of art (1966, Collection of ” common sense “, Editions de Minuit) Bourdieu démythifie the concept […]
Overweight, standards, and judgments, in matters of weight : european comparisons
A few days ago, an article in the Monde.fr, pointed out that France was among the European countries, where the weight average was low, in light of the assessment and the dissatisfaction manifested by the French vis-à-vis their weight. In the April issue of the journal Population and Societies, which is available online free of […]
Six feet under, an example of economy of capture
Six Feet Under, series created by Alan Ball, in 2001, that takes place in a funeral home family, Fisher & Son, puts to the test the thesis of Norbert Elias, in The Loneliness of the dying. According to Norbert Elias, the death would be the subject of a “refoulement” in the West, both individual and […]