# It’s not personal, it’s family: Kin, strangers, guests, and the complexity of social obligation

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2020-02-16-its-not-personal-its-family

The piece expands a proposal for forged families by showing how kinship, hospitality, obligation, and state support interact across different societies.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 16 February 2020

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2020/02/its-not-personal-its-family/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 16 February 2020
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: family, anthropology, kinship, social-obligation.

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