Is inbreeding harmful? Are human beings and other primates naturally inclined to mate with their closest relatives? Why is incest widely prohibited? Why does the scope of the prohibition vary from society to society? Why does incest occur despite the prohibition? What are the consequences? After one hundred years of intense argument, a broad consensus has emerged on the first two questions, but the debate over the others continues. That there is a biological basis for the avoidance of inbreeding seems incontrovertible, but just how injurious inbreeding really is for successive generations remains an open question. Nor has there been any conclusion to the debate over Freud's view that the incest taboo is necessary because humans are sexually attracted to their closest relatives--a claim countered by Westermarck's argument for the sexually inhibiting effects of early childhood association. This book brings together contributions from the fields of genetics, behavioral biology, primatology, biological and social anthropology, philosophy, and psychiatry which reexamine these questions.
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圖書標籤: Incest Anthropology
Wolf 作為Westermarck的頭號粉絲,對他有一句很耐人尋味的評價:"As a homosexual, he may very well have understood better than most the way society responds to sexual behavior that is disinterested but not general."
評分Wolf 作為Westermarck的頭號粉絲,對他有一句很耐人尋味的評價:"As a homosexual, he may very well have understood better than most the way society responds to sexual behavior that is disinterested but not general."
評分Wolf 作為Westermarck的頭號粉絲,對他有一句很耐人尋味的評價:"As a homosexual, he may very well have understood better than most the way society responds to sexual behavior that is disinterested but not general."
評分Wolf 作為Westermarck的頭號粉絲,對他有一句很耐人尋味的評價:"As a homosexual, he may very well have understood better than most the way society responds to sexual behavior that is disinterested but not general."
評分Wolf 作為Westermarck的頭號粉絲,對他有一句很耐人尋味的評價:"As a homosexual, he may very well have understood better than most the way society responds to sexual behavior that is disinterested but not general."
Inbreeding, Incest, and the Incest Taboo 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載