The Original Sin: Incest and Its Meaning

by William Arens

The subject of incest has been recognized by many masters of the natural and social sciences, including Darwin, Freud, Frazer, Durkheim, and Marx. For Freud, incest was a historical or contemporary fantasy rather than a reality; for the others, the origin of the incest taboo, rather than incest itself, was the focus of considerable attention. Arguing against the conventional view--that the incest taboo developed in response to the act of incest--The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195037545
• ISBN13: 9780195037548
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"