"The influence of culture on Alfred Adler’s life tasks, the definition of 'criminal', and intrafamily killings in Korea"
Adler posited that the successful resolution of the three main life tasks in socially useful ways - friendship, love, work - served as a benchmark of social and mental health across the entire life cycle. However, it remains unclear how Adler’s ideas about friendship and marriage may fit into the co...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025
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Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology
Year: 2025, Volume: 17, Pages: 1-17 |
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| Summary: | Adler posited that the successful resolution of the three main life tasks in socially useful ways - friendship, love, work - served as a benchmark of social and mental health across the entire life cycle. However, it remains unclear how Adler’s ideas about friendship and marriage may fit into the context of non-nuclear families in other cultural and historical contexts. In this paper, I analyze parricide and filicide cases in Korea to illustrate the assumption of nucleation in Adler’s theoretical framework, along with the unique way that culture shapes the meaning and behavior of homicide offenders. I argue that the successful negotiation of family relations in the context of multigenerational households in a Confucian-influenced family system represents a unique task across the life course that recalibrates the notion of social interest in important ways. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 13-17 |