Ethical religions broke kinship bonds to enable modern economic development

Evidence

A parallel conclusion must be reached about kinship, for reasons already adduced. The demonstration that kin ties of certain kinds remain strong in some contexts in modern societies hardly means that kinship plays the role it once did in structuring day-to-day life for the majority. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 279 (#expands, via linked claim)

What is true is that under normal conditions, an interaction must exist between the family and society at large. The home is the basis of the truth of society, but society authenticates and legitimizes the family. The colonial structure is the very negation of this reciprocal justification. The Algerian woman, in imposing such a restriction on herself, in choosing a form of existence limited in scope, was deepening her consciousness of struggle and preparing for combat. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 230 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Protestant ethics shattered kinship bonds that blocked modern economies; Kin-based solidarity in China hindered modern capitalist development; Protestant sects shattered kin-based bonds enabling modern economy (+5 more)

Related

• Kin-based solidarity in China hindered modern capitalist development (similarity 0.86)
• Protestant ethics shattered kinship bonds that blocked modern economies (similarity 0.82)
• Protestant sects shattered kin-based bonds enabling modern economy (similarity 0.80)
• Entrepreneurship correlates with conversion away from traditional religion (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Modern kinship no longer structures daily life for most people #expands (0.75) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 279
• Colonial rule breaks the reciprocal relation between family and society #exemplifies (0.72) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 230
• Capitalist development required the active re-education and moralization of working-class culture #expands (0.72)