An edition of Incest (2005)

Incest

Origins of the Taboo

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An edition of Incest (2005)

Incest

Origins of the Taboo

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Synopsis: 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 of incest 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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Language
English
Pages
224

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Incest: Origins of the Taboo
September 2005, Paradigm Publishers
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First Sentence

"Humans have been fascinated by incest for all of recorded history and, no doubt, long before ideas could be written down."

Classifications

Library of Congress
, HV6570.6 .T87 2016

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
224
Dimensions
8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
Weight
13.6 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8876438M
Internet Archive
incestoriginsoft0000turn
ISBN 10
1594511179
ISBN 13
9781594511172
OCLC/WorldCat
951818840
Goodreads
949801

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