An Ethological Theory of the Incest Taboo and Exogamy

With Special Reference to the Views of Claude Lévi-Strauss

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2188248
AutoresK Kortmulder (autor correspondente)
Ano1968
Volume9
Fascículo5, Part 1
Páginas437-449
Data de publicação1968-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCurrent Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382
EditoraUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/200926
OpenAlexW1998988240
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências 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