An Ethological Theory of the Incest Taboo and Exogamy

With Special Reference to the Views of Claude Lévi-Strauss

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2188248
AutoresK Kortmulder (autor de correspondencia)
Año1968
Volumen9
Número5, Part 1
Páginas437-449
Fecha de publicación1968-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCurrent Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/200926
OpenAlexW1998988240
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas5

In this paper a causal ethological theory of the incest taboo and exogamy is developed. Some arguments are given for this theory from animal and human behaviour. Because the theory seems to be incompatible with Claude Lévi-Strauss' views on this subject, his theory is briefly reviewed and criticised on some points. An attempt is made at a synthesis of Lévi-Strauss' principles of redistribution and gift-giving and the author's theory of incest avoidance. It is shown that counterparts for the mechanisms of redistribution and gift-giving can be found in animal behaviour

Epistemology · Exogamy · Psychoanalysis · Redistribution (election · Sociology · Subject (documents · Taboo · Anthropology · Computer Science · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses