An Analysis of Family Sociology Theories Using the Genealogical Approach

The fundamental changes during the last few decades have resulted in a variety of concepts and perspectives about the family. The present study provides a summary of the theories in the form of naturalist and constructivist by reviewing and detailing the theories. This study also clarifies the conflict over the position of the family and its future, as well as the theoretical logic of the current analyses in a more general horizon. In this study, the research layout is of a qualitative type and the theoretical approach of genealogy is conducted with a thematic analysis method and categorization technique. The theoretical reading of the family under the naturalistic type has resulted in the advent of the continuity-rupture duality which has formulated the bipolar type of the family in crisis or the ideal family. Furthermore, the reading of the conceptual space of the family under the constructivist type has led to an unprecedented definition including different types of perceptions of the family. Based on the research findings the naturalistic type in family sociology has led to the formulation of the continuity-rupture theories. However, its alternative approach namely the constructionist type has enabled the possibility to encounter family changes, not in the sense of rupture, but as a lifestyle change. This study is of paramount importance due to passing the theories of rupture and considering new possibilities in the theoretical return to the family.