The "traditional" or nuclear family these conservatives want to protect is itself a recent invention. Before industrialization and capitalism families and communities looked quite different.
Right, the culture is a product of the material conditions at a particular point in history. It's not an abstract thing that exists outside material reality.
The "traditional" or nuclear family these conservatives want to protect is itself a recent invention. Before industrialization and capitalism families and communities looked quite different.
Right, the culture is a product of the material conditions at a particular point in history. It's not an abstract thing that exists outside material reality.
yup and depends in class too, i can't imagine a traditional family in the proletariat during the industrial revolution in England for example.
The 20th century traditional middle class american family was only possible due to the concessions, segregation and imperialism.