Understanding a Concept of ‘Home’: A Multi Perspective Approach

Abstract

The concept of ‘Home’ is commonly interpreted as a place of abode where family members live and grow together nurturing their interpersonal relationships. Metaphorically, ‘home’ symbolizes belongingness, love, safety, comfort, warmth, etc. It is a socially, personally, religiously, and culturally shaped entity. The present paper aims to understand the meaning of the concept of ‘home’ from a variety of perspectives encompassing the aspects intertwined with it over the ages; its significance from religious perspective; a view from the branches of social sciences and knowledge; and its expression in literature. In general, earlier the concept of home was perceived as a place of security and safety, however, in the modern era it encompasses many complexities and conflicts experienced in the domestic sphere of human life.