Abstract:
The article is devoted to studying the sociological concepts of the family and their transformations, presented in the works of foreign and domestic researchers. By the end of the last century in Western literature family diversity was considered normative. Definition of the family is no longer monolithic. It was converted in the direction of recognition diversity and awareness of the importance of emotional ties. Despite a large number of works in the field of sociology of the family in the country, the conceptualization of the family at all levels of knowledge and their changes over time do not become the subject of substantial analysis. In recognition of the growing diversity of families rethinking of the understanding and definition of the family does not happen. The urgency of such an analysis becomes aware and domestic experts.