BIOSOCIAL THEORIES OF THE INCEST TABOOS Cover Image

БИОСОЦИЈАЛНЕ ТЕОРИЈЕ ИНЦЕСТ ТАБУА
BIOSOCIAL THEORIES OF THE INCEST TABOOS

Author(s): Marko Škorić
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Demography and human biology, Sociobiology
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: incest taboo(s); inbreeding; biosocial theories; biology/culture dichotomy;

Summary/Abstract: The problem of incest taboo(s) is one of the hardest and oldest riddles of anthropology. The aim of this paper is not some kind of ultimate explanation of the taboo, but demonstration that intellectual cooperation between natural and social sciences is necessery for better understanding of the problem. The author presents biosocial theories of incest taboo(s) because they are the most satisfying yet.

  • Issue Year: 38/2004
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 527-559
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: Serbian