Intended Meaning
Shahrur holds that the transfer of family authority from motherhood to fatherhood was not a random shift, but was connected to changes in property, power, and subsistence needs. Thus, the change in family structure becomes a direct result of changes in the material conditions of life
The Atom’s Structure in the Atlas
- Type of argument: historical
- Argument movement: links the transfer of the family from matriarchy to patriarchy to shifts in property and power.
- Key terms: patriarchy, matriarchy, property, power.
- Degree of centrality: subsidiary.
It explains the change in family structure as a result of a transformation in material conditions, not merely as a moral or customary shift detached from history.
Links That Help Reading
Basis
- Supporting text: «تحولها من الأمومة إلى الأبوة بتغيرات في الملكية والقوة والحاجات المعيشية».
Degree of Documentation
- Level: directly documented
- Meaning of the level: the atom relies on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of the reading: the formulation above is an analytical summary, and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is quoted verbatim.
Its Function in the Book
Its function here is declarative; it establishes a result on which what follows in the argument depends.
Editorial Note
The atom is subsidiary because it explains a specific social context within his broader view of history.