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Edward Westermarck

Westermarck, Edward (1862-1939) Finnish anthropologist who wrote on the diversity of moral systems. Westermark espoused a kind of relativism, although without an account of what the truth of a moral statement actually consisted in. He saw the importance of emotion and culture in defining moral systems, without the Englightenment or Kantian confidence either in a universal human nature or a universal reason. Works included The Origin and Development of Moral Ideas (1906) and Ethical Relativity (1932).

 
 
Columbia Encyclopedia: Westermarck, Edward Alexander
(vĕs'tərmärk, wĕs'–) , 1862–1939, Finnish social philosopher and anthropologist. He was professor of sociology at the Univ. of London (1907–30) and professor of philosophy at the Åbo Akademi (until 1935). Westermarck was an authority on the history of morals and of marriage customs, his best-known work being The History of Human Marriage, written in English (1891; 5th ed., 3 vol., 1921). On it he based A Short History of Marriage (1926). He wrote several books on Moroccan customs. Other books (all in English) include The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas (2 vol., 1906–8; 2d ed. 1912–17), Ethical Relativity (1932), The Future of Marriage in Western Civilization (1936), and Christianity and Morals (1939).

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See his autobiography (tr. 1929).

 
Wikipedia: Edvard Westermarck

Edvard Alexander Westermarck (November 20, 1862 - September 3, 1939) was a Swedish-Finnish philosopher and sociologist. Among other subjects, he studied exogamy and the incest taboo.

He is known for first noting the Westermarck effect in which infants raised together are unable to form sexual feelings for one another as adults, regardless of their genetic relationship.

Whilst professoring at the London School of Economics he help found academic sociology in the United Kingdom.

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  • Westermarck, Edvard 1907: Siveys ja kristinusko: Esitelmä. Ylioppilasyhdistys Prometheus, Helsinki.
  • Westermarck, Edvard 1925 = Edward Westermarck: The History of Human Marriage. Macmillan, London. [1891.]
  • Westermarck, Edvard 1932: Avioliiton historia. WSOY, Helsinki.
  • Westermarck, Edvard 1933: Moraalin synty ja kehitys. WSOY, Helsinki.
  • Westermarck, Edvard 1934 = Edward Westermarck: Three Essays on Sex and Marriage. Macmillan, London.
  • Westermarck, Edvard 1934: Freuds teori on Oedipuskomplexen i sociologisk belysning. Vetenskap och bildning, 45. Bonnier, Stockholm.
  • Westermarck, Edvard 1984: Kristinusko ja moraali. Otava, Helsinki.
  • Westermarck, Edvard 1991: Tapojen historiaa: Kuusi akadeemista esitelmää: Pitänyt Turussa syksyllä 1911 Edward Westermarck. 2nd edition. Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura, Helsinki.

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