Edvard Westermarck
Born	20 November 1862
Died	3 September 1939
Nationality	Finnish
Fields	sociology
Known for	Westermarck effect

Edvard Alexander Westermarck (20 November 1862 – 3 September 1939) was a Swedish speaking 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 helped found academic sociology in the United Kingdom.

Books

• 1907: Siveys ja kristinusko: Esitelmä. Ylioppilasyhdistys Prometheus, Helsinki.
• 1925: The History of Human Marriage. Macmillan, London. [1891.]
• 1930: Wit and Wisdom in Morocco. Routledge, London.
• 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.
• 1991: Tapojen historiaa: Kuusi akadeemista esitelmää: Pitänyt Turussa syksyllä 1911 Edward Westermarck. 2nd edition. Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura, Helsinki.

External links

• Edvard Westermarck (in English)
• Westermarck Society

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