FAMILY AS AN ATHROPOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SYSTEM OF THE PROCEDURAL INSTITUTIONAL TYPE

Abstract

The article deals with the analysis of the concept of family as a social institution and a small group in the conditions of modern society. The processes of family transformation are considered. The interpretation of family as the anthropological, social and cultural system of the procedural and institutional type is suggested. The functioning and development of family as a system are caused by social relations and interactions of its elements individuals. Family is a system of stable social actions and interactions of its members; it exists due to their interrelated and role behavior. Its basis is communication, creating conditions for interaction of family members, and social practices providing family reproduction. Social practices have to be directed towards self-preservation, reproduction of status and role system of communications and satisfaction of the family members’ social needs.