Institutions
- – terms from sociology
- – concern with organizing structures of society
- – social, cultural, political, economic relations
- – principles, values, rules that underlie these
- e.g. ‘marriage’ is an institution: why??
- Historical continuities
- industry
- Expectations –> values (monogamy)
- Rituals, symbolic
- Legal framework/regulatory
- Reproduces social relations/expectations
- Meta-institutional frame
- Romantic love- cultural narratives
- Widely accepted/practice
- Cultural ‘rules’
- Community/social recognition
I found this whole discussion very interesting, with everyone having a different upbringing, morals, opinions, thoughts, experiences, etc., also the concept of marriage being an institution; this is not something you may immediately link with the generally romance drenched word ‘marry’. Giving it the connotation of being an institution creates an ugly, industrial feel to a wedding, as though you are joining a club, a cult, a foundation. This is likely how a lot of people already feel about marriage, not a new concept or thought at all, maybe the reason I am the child of an unmarried once-couple.