Legal Systems and Incest Taboos: The Transition from Childhood to Adolescence

ISBN-13: 9781138527140 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 254 str.

John R. Commons; Yehudi A. Cohen

Opis

The goal of this book is to investigate why there are two distinct notions of liability in the legal and ethical systems of different societies; the relationship between two sets of criteria of liability and the individual's evolution from childhood adolescence

Spis treści

PART I
Introduction
Fashioning an Identity and a Sense of Responsibility
The Two Stages of Puberty: Establishing an Identity in a Social Nexus
Ceremonies of the First Stage of Puberty: Extrusion and Brother-Sister Avoidance
Ceremonies of the Second Stage of Puberty: Initiation Ceremonies
Living with a Sense of Responsibility

PART II
Bases of the Incest Taboo: The Need for Privacy
Bases of the Incest Taboo: Boundary-Maintaining Systems

PART III
Methodology: Mechanical and Theoretical

Coda
Notes
Bibliography
Index

O autorze

John R. Commons