Incest avoidance and the incest taboos two aspects of human nature
Two questionsThe Trobriand Islands -- Matters of meaning -- Universality affirmed -- The dangers of inbreeding -- A tempting solution -- Group harmony theory -- Group alliance theory -- The !Kung on cognition -- Incest and intuition -- From nature to culture -- Marx is missing -- The Westermarck hyp...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Standford, Calif.
Stanford Briefs
2014
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Two questionsThe Trobriand Islands -- Matters of meaning -- Universality affirmed -- The dangers of inbreeding -- A tempting solution -- Group harmony theory -- Group alliance theory -- The !Kung on cognition -- Incest and intuition -- From nature to culture -- Marx is missing -- The Westermarck hypothesis -- Frazer and Freud -- Three natural experiments -- Darwin's method -- Seven predictions -- The evidence from the Islamic world -- The evidence from Israel -- The evidence from Taiwan -- Six objections -- A seventh objection -- Monkeys and apes -- Sexual indifference -- The second question -- Murdock's other conclusions -- Starting over -- The meaning of "taboo" -- Unnatural acts -- Native testimony -- Incest and witchcraft -- Incest and cannibalism -- Incest pollution -- Automatic retribution -- Supernatural retribution -- Communal retribution -- State retribution -- A collective calamity -- Incest impossible -- The power of awe -- Incestuous origins -- Taboos as consensus -- Taboos as norms -- An emotional animal -- Degrees of incest. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 177 S. 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780804789677 978-0-8047-8967-7 |