Crises familiales et urgence philosophique d’éthique et politique du véritable sens de la famille selon Philippe Ariès

Abstract

The family is the first vital cell of society. She is, above all, the face of a people. It is through it that its members receive the fundamentals of social, moral, ethical, political and economic life. It is within the family that the child takes his first steps in socialization as well as his first experiences of reflectivity. Generally, man's behavior in society is strongly influenced by the education received in the family. However, nowadays, this family is in crisis and is no longer this institution of moralization and socialization. Because more and more it is undergoing we are witnessing more and more profound changes in our modern society which influence the social order through mentalities, living environments and behaviors leading to multiple upheavals likely to paralyze the entire society through the distortion of notions of marriage and family, the devaluation of motherhood, the facilitation of divorce and the relativism of a new ethics. Hence our interest in Philippe Ariès who is leading a reflection on this institution. To resolve these various family crises. Ariès believes that we must give the child a fundamental place within the family and give him or her a good, solid education and family affection. As a perspective for family renovation, it would be necessary, on the one hand, to place particular emphasis on the rooting of classic moral, ethical and social values within families and, on the other hand, to integrate the new notion of « parenthood » into context. of several types of families calling for the professional training of marriage and family counselors as well as the creation of offices for marriage and family counseling for the monitoring of families. Called to be a deep and solid community of ethical life and love of neighbor, the family should allow each of its members to flourish and realize their own vocation. All members of the family, each according to their own gifts, have the responsibility of building the community of people day after day by making it a solid community.