The totality is a philosophical principle that defines all that universalist set that encompasses all aspects of existence and not just the partial or simplistic vision of an implanted system. For Marx the totality resides in the analysis of society as a whole and not in a fractional way since for him, society is more than the sum of people.
That is why when the term totality is used it is because all those elements associated with a reality are involved in that context and all its factors are incorporated, without any of them being left out. For example, if referring to the sports field, a soccer team is made up of 11 players, not one more, not one less. It is not possible for another player to join the team, as this is stipulated in the rules of the game.
Popularly when speaking of totality, it is because something is presented in a complete or general way. For example, if you read in the news that the health workers' strike was completed in its entirety, it is because every member of the health union complied with this demonstration.
If it is taken to the family context, the totality is represented by the number of members of that family, that is, the father, the mother and the two children.
On the other hand, and from a Marxist perspective, the whole has been disintegrated by bourgeois society due to the emergence of divisions at work, class rivalry and the many social contradictions related to the bourgeoisie.
