Incest (eBook)

Origins of the Taboo
Artikelnummer: 978-1-317-25767-7
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Throughout history humans have been fascinated with incest. Stories, fables, literature, philosophers, church officials, and scientists have explored this mysterious topic. The taboo is critical to human survival, as incest threatens the species and patterns of human social organization. Drawing upon the rich legacy of theory, empirical data, and speculation about the origins of the incest taboo, this book develops a new explanation for, not only the emergence of the taboo in hominid and human evolutionary history, but also for the varying strength of the taboo for the incestuous dyads of the nuclear family, the different rates of incest of these dyads, and the dramatic differences the psychological pathology incest has on its younger victims. Synthesizing findings from biology, sociobiology, neurology, primatology, clinical psychology, anthropology, and sociology, the authors weave together a scenario of how natural selection initially generated mechanisms of sexual avoidance; and then, as the nuclear family emerged in hominid and human evolution, how sociocultural selection led to the development of the incest taboo.
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Throughout history humans have been fascinated with incest. Stories, fables, literature, philosophers, church officials, and scientists have explored this mysterious topic. The taboo is critical to human survival, as incest threatens the species and patterns of human social organization. Drawing upon the rich legacy of theory, empirical data, and speculation about the origins of the incest taboo, this book develops a new explanation for, not only the emergence of the taboo in hominid and human evolutionary history, but also for the varying strength of the taboo for the incestuous dyads of the nuclear family, the different rates of incest of these dyads, and the dramatic differences the psychological pathology incest has on its younger victims. Synthesizing findings from biology, sociobiology, neurology, primatology, clinical psychology, anthropology, and sociology, the authors weave together a scenario of how natural selection initially generated mechanisms of sexual avoidance; and then, as the nuclear family emerged in hominid and human evolution, how sociocultural selection led to the development of the incest taboo.
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VerlagTaylor & Francis Ebooks
EinbandPDF
Erscheinungsjahr2015
Seitenangabe270 S.
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
Abbildungenillustrations
Masse8'758 KB
PlattformPDF
AutorTurner, Jonathan H. / Maryanski, Alexandra

Über den Autor Jonathan H. Turner

Jonathan H. Turner is the 38th University Professor of the University of California system, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Division of the University of California, Riverside, Research Professor of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Social Science, Santa Barbara. He is one of the foremost sociologists in the world and has written numerous articles, book chapters and a significant number of authored and edited volumes on introductory sociology, sociological theory, the sociology of emotions, race and ethnic relations, social change, and many other areas that have shaped the discipline of sociology as it stands today. Anthony J. Roberts is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University. He is a research associate at the Institute for Research on Labor & Employment at the University of California Los Angeles and faculty affiliate at the Center for Fair and Alternative Trade and the Data Science Research Institute at Colorado State University. He has published many peer-reviewed articles and several book chapters on world-systems, development, stratification, and economic inequality. This is his first book.   ?

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