ISBN: 9780804724265 - sexual attraction and childhood association: a chinese brief for edward westermarck (5 Ergebnisse)

Hard bound. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. A landmark study of the marital histories of some 14,000 Chinese women, undertaken over a period of twenty years, the study examines the question of whether or not early contact during childhood negates the chance of sexual attraction later in life. Due to the cultural custom of some southern Chinese families of adopting and raising the future wives of their sons in infancy, the Chinese provided a unique milieu in which to study the author's premise (Wolf assumes, correctly, that early contact does inhibit later sexual attraction). The study is particularly significant in light of the once widely believed theory first expressed by Freud, that early sexuality was almost universally incestuous and that incest laws were promulgated as society's response to this phenomenon. Aside from refuting Freud, the study also has relevance to those seeking solutions to parental sexual abuse. xxiii, 561 pp. Size: 24 x 16 cm.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New. Contrary to the Freudian claim that an incestuous choice is in fact the first and regular one, this book demonstrates that sexual attraction is permanently inhibited by association during the first two to three years of life.Klappentext.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 588 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In 1891, the anthropologist Edward Westermarck proposed that early childhood association inhibits sexual attraction and that this aversion was manifested in custom and law as the basis of the universal incest taboo. Then, in 1910, in the essays later published as Totem and Taboo, Sigmund Freud challenged the 'Westermarck hypothesis' on the ground that 'the earliest sexual excitations of youthful human beings are invariably of an incestuous character.' The incest taboo only existed, Freud argued, because of this natural propensity. Freud's challenge carried the day and became the standard view throughout the social and biological sciences. Consequently, the question was: why do all societies repress this natural inclination Biologists argued that the incest taboo protected us from dangers of inbreeding; sociologists argued that it was necessary to prevent sexual rivalry that would destroy the family; and anthropologists saw the real purpose of the taboo as forcing families to exchange women in marriage. The book uses a wide range of research - from studies of nonhuman primates to reports of incestuous child abuse - from African divorce practices to animal behavior - to demonstrate that Westermarck was right and Freud wrong. It shows that there is a critical period in human development - approximately the first thirty months of life - during which association permanently inhibits sexual attraction. It concludes that the incest taboo is unnecessary and cannot be explained in functional terms, and that encouraging early association between father and daughter is probably the best way of preventing sexual abuse.…

Zustand: New. pp. 588.