Book, Family in Disarray, A[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. Families led by women, homosexuals who express the desire to marry and raise children, adopting the family order that has always repelled their sexual preference, and juvenile delinquency taken to the extreme point to some of the great transformations that have been taking place in the Western family. The liberalization of customs, the loss of the father's authority and the precariousness of the modern economy took away his guidance and control. Once considered the base cell of modern society, the family seems less and less capable of transmitting the values ​​it has consolidated for so long. This could condemn the family order and, consequently, the possibility of individuals constructing themselves as subjects. In this new essay, historian of psychoanalysis Elisabeth Roudinesco analyzes the origins of family disorder, the secret behind these problems and the future of this institution. "[Elisabeth Roudinesco] puts the family in perspective and questions it, without relating it to preconceived ideas. Catherine Argand, Lire "One can agree (...) or not. But the intervention of someone capable of taking psychoanalysis out of the ivory tower and making it descend (ascend?) into the cultural debate, in which it actively participated not long ago, is always welcome." Luiz Zanin Oricchio, O Estado de S. Paulo