Edvard Westermarck

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Edvard Alexander Westermarck (November 20, 1862 - September 3, 1939) was a 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.