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Family (Term)

Family — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:15:10 -0500

In human context, a family (from Latin language: familiare) is an exclusive group of people who share a close relationship —a unit typically (or "traditionally") composed of a mating couple and their Dependant children in household. Families create generations—each of which gain in maturity and self sufficiency such as to create and provide for subsequent generations.

Extended from the human "family unit" by affinity (sociology), economy, culture, tradition, honor, and friendship are concepts of family that are metaphorical, or that grow increasingly inclusive extending to nationhood and humanism.
There are also concepts of family that non-traditional family within particular societies, or those that are transplanted via migration to flourish or else cease within their new societies.

As a unit of socialisation and a basic institution key to the structure of society, the family is the object of analysis for sociology of the family. Genealogy is a field which aims to trace family lineages through history. In science, the term "family" has come to be used as a means to Biological classification of objects as being closely and exclusively related. In the study of animals it has been found that many species form groups that have similarities to human "family"—often called "packs."
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Affect (Term)

Affect — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:22:28 -0500

"Affect" (latin affectus or adfectus) is a concept used in philosophy by Spinoza, Deleuze and Guattari. According to Spinoza's Ethics III, 3, Definition 3, an affect is an empowerment, and not a simple change or modification. Affects, according to Deleuze, are not simple affections, as they are independent from their subject. Artists create affects and percepts, "blocks of space-time", whereas science works with functions, according to Deleuze, and philosophy creates concepts.
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Intensity (Item)

Intensity — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:50:59 -0500

Highly forceful, extreme, concentrated.
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