The Love of Kith and the Love of Kin
The School of Life
Mar 11, 2026 14:00
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Why are our modern relationships so "scratchy" and exhausted? This film explores the ancient linguistic distinction between Kin (family and romantic partners) and Kith (community, neighbors, and colleagues). Discover how our era’s obsession with the "soulmate" has placed an impossible burden on our closest relatives, and why the future of our emotional well-being may lie in rediscovering the quiet, non-exclusive comforts of the community at large. #Psychology #Community #Relationships #Loneliness #Sociology #TheSchoolOfLife Unlock all the content of The School of Life with a subscription to our podcast, articles, videos, and exercises, specially tailored to your needs. Get weekly insights for better relationships, deeper self-knowledge, and inner calm straight to your inbox. Sign up for more ideas, plus 10% off your first shop order: https://www.theschooloflife.com/signup/
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“The words ‘kith’ and ‘kin’ are some of the oldest in the English language, appearing somewhere between 400 and 800 A.D. They are now also hugely unfamiliar and odd-sounding. Their meaning is simple:
Kin refers to close blood or marriage relatives (there’s a link to the German word ‘kind’): your husband or wife, your children, your parents.
And Kith refers to the community at large, neighbours, colleagues, the village, the city, the people you pass in the street, friends you make at work or through hobbies…”
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Written and Narration:
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