Edvard Alexander Westermarck (November 20, 1862 - September 3, 1939) was a Finnishphilosopher and sociologist. Among other subjects, he studied exogamy and the incesttaboo. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1862 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. ... Sociology is the study of the social lives of humans, groups and societies. ... Exogamy is the custom of marrying outside a specified group of people to which one belongs. ... Incest among humans is sexual activity between close family members. ... A taboo is a strong social prohibition (or ban) relating to any area of human activity or social custom declared as sacred and forbidden; breaking of the taboo is usually considered objectionable or abhorrent by society. ...
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. This article is about the psychological term. ...
Westermarck belonged to the pioneering generation of field anthropologists whose methods and rules of method were rudimentary.
Westermarck now worked hard to complete his two large projects, "Rituals and Belief in Morocco", a book in two volumes which was published in 1926, and "Wit and Wisdom in Morocco", which was published in 1930, the same year as Westermarck retired from his position as professor in London.
Westermarck spent this last summer in Finland and he worked as usual on his research and was visited in Lappvik by his friends and relatives.
Westermarck gained international fame with his doctoral thesis, THE HISTORY OF HUMAN MARRIAGE, which was started by the ideas of Darwin and attacked on the theory of primitive promiscuity.
EdvardWestermarck was born in Helsinki (Helsingfors), as the son of Nils Christian Westermarck, who taught Latin at the University of Helsinki, and the former Constance Gustava Maria Blomqvist, the daughter of the University librarian and professor of the History of Learning.
Westermarck died on September 9, 1939, in Tenhola.
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