Edvard Westermarck
| Dr Edvard Westermarck PhD | |||||||||
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| Born | 1862 | ||||||||
| Died | 1939 | ||||||||
| Residence |
Hensingfors and 8 Rockley Road, West Kensington Park, W Adregoton 7, Helsingfors, Finland [1915] Abo Akademi, Abo, Finland; Woodman's Cottage, Boxhill, Dorking [1919] Kaskigatan 4a, Abo, Finland [1923] Lonnrotsgaten 7, Helsingfors, Finland [1937] | ||||||||
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philosopher sociologist | ||||||||
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Notes
Office Notes
RAI Council 1907 Member
RAI Council 1908 Member
RAI Council 1909 Member
RAI Council 1911 Member
RAI Council 1912-13 Member
House Notes
Proposed by Henry Balfour; seconded by T.A. Joyce, 1905.03.14
Professor of Sociology in the University of London
1936 HML Methods in social anthropology Delivered 27th Oct. at Royal Society
death noted in Report of the Council 1939-1940
Notes From Elsewhere
Edvard Alexander Westermarck (20 November 1862 – 3 September 1939) was a Finnish philosopher and sociologist. Among other subjects, he studied exogamy and the incest taboo.
The phenomenon of reverse sexual imprinting is when two people live in close domestic proximity during the first few years in the life of either one, and both become desensitised to sexual attraction, now known as the Westermarck effect, was first formally described by him in his book The History of Human Marriage (1891).
He has been described as "first Darwinian sociologist" or "the first sociobiologist".[1]
He helped found academic sociology in the United Kingdom, becoming the first professor of sociology (with Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse) in 1907 in the University of London. Other chairs he held were in Helsinki and Turku.
A radical free thinker for his time, he critiqued Christian institutions and Christian ideas on the grounds that they lacked foundation.
In the UK, his name is often spelled Edward. His sister, Helena Westermarck, was a writer and artist
Publications
External Publications
The history of human marriage, 1891; Marriage ceremonies in Morocco, 1914; Wit and wisdom in Morocco, 1930
1906: The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas. 2 Vol, MacMillan, London
1907: Siveys ja kristinusko: Esitelmä. Ylioppilasyhdistys Prometheus, Helsinki.
1925: The History of Human Marriage. Macmillan, London. [1891.]
1926: Ritual and Belief in Morocco. 2 Vol.
1930: Wit and Wisdom in Morocco. Routledge, London.
1932: Ethical Relativity.
1932: Avioliiton historia. WSOY, Helsinki.
1933: Moraalin synty ja kehitys. WSOY, Helsinki.
1934: Three Essays on Sex and Marriage. Macmillan, London.
1934: Freuds teori on Oedipuskomplexen i sociologisk belysning. Vetenskap och bildning, 45. Bonnier, Stockholm.
1984: Kristinusko ja moraali. Otava, Helsinki. 1919: Tapojen historiaa: Kuusi akadeemista esitelmää: Pitänyt Turussa syksyllä 1911 Edward Westermarck. 2nd edition. Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura, Helsinki
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