Proximal Paradox

Friends and Relatives in the Era of Globalization

Bibliographic Data

ID2397587
AuthorsJosepa Cucó I Giner (Universitat de València, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume3
Issue3
Pages313-324
Publication date2000-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13684310022224822
OpenAlexW2065823674
LanguageEN
References cited19

In today's societies relationships between near relatives and friends appear to be somewhat paradoxical. Some accounts present them as the social ideal, exalting the solidarity and altruism represented by proximal relationships. By contrast, others point to the social dangers in such relationships when they are conducted in the public sphere. In order to grasp the coexistence of these opposite views, this article attempts to place proximal relationships in the explanatory context of a gift economy, a concept with a long history in anthropology and which has lately been the focus of interest of a significant group of social thinkers

Economics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public sphere · Social order · Sociology · Solidarity · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology

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