Familism – Where the
Family Structure/ Systems / Values / Relationships becomes a Diety to the Children to both Deify
and Fear
Def. The subordination of the personal interests and
prerogatives of the individual to the values and demands of the family, chararacterized
by the patriarchal or matriarchal family. AKA
- The Narcissistic Family System / Model
/ AKA = Enmeshed Family Systems
In our present culture the power of the family is waning
fast.
Civic culture (the ethos of the community) is of lower value
then family affairs. The good of the family takes value over the communities
needs.
Familism is how people arrange their own likes based on the
family both as household and as kinship.
In a famililistic society engaged in the upward mobility
each generation wants the children to have a higher status or at least equal to
their own therefore the familial investment is very strong
Based on an absolutist ideology, which provides a
rationalization for the abuse and control. Based on a closed system, discourages
contact with outside agencies.
Competition
and frustration are intrinsic features of communal life, both human and animal.
It is the collective desire to reduce this fear that leads humans to form
social structures to which the individual cedes power in the hope of ensuring
protection and safety.
The bonds
of family are both the centre of protective warmth and most often a vicious
betrayal.
A social pattern in
which the family
assumes a position of ascendance over individual interests
Through a series of spoken and unspoken rules, obedience and
servitude no matter what is created. Though these entrenched beliefs, rule
based family system, blind obedience is the motivator. To disobey the family
system is to be a traitor to one’s family. Allegiances to country, political
party or religion are pale in comparison to the intensity of these family
allegiances. For safely, security and a
sense a belonging are just a few of the driving forces.
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