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L'evolution du couple en milieu africain et en milieu européen permet-elle les procéssus de differenciation?

par Sylla, Omar;Platteau, Geneviève
Référence Thérapie familiale, 29, 1, page (43-59)
Publication Publié, 2008

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This paper deals with the evolution of society, family and couple in Sub Saharan Atnca and Europe. Such evolution occurs in the context involving complex tradeoffs between collective identity and individual emancipation. In Africa, the couple is anchored in a social group and in the family, while in Europe it presents itself as occupying a space distinct from die family and the society. In each continent, the couple modernizes itself and evolves: in Africa, it emancipates itself somewhat from the family and the society while in Europe it gains more autonomy by taking refuge in individualisation myths and counter-dependence attitudes. In Europe, differentiation processes tend to be negated in the name of equality and homogeneity. Strategies aim at avoiding separation anxieties and aldiough differentiation occurs in actual separations, it is not being thought out explicitly. In Africa like in Europe, the couple is confronted with modernity: while tradition values the group, modernity excludes it. © Medecine et Hygiene.