| 词条 | The History of Human Marriage |
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| name = The History of Human Marriage | image = File:The History of Human Marriage (second edition).jpg | image_caption = The second edition | author = Edvard Westermarck | country = | language = | subject = Marriage | publisher = | release_date = 1891 | media_type = Print | pages = 670 (2012 Forgotten Books edition) | isbn = 978-1297574238 }} The History of Human Marriage is an 1891 book about the history of human marriage by the Finnish philosopher Edvard Westermarck. The work is a classic in its field. Summary{{cleanup section||reason=Section is currently based on a secondary source discussing the work. It should be based principally on the book itself|date=June 2018}}The History of Human Marriage is an overview of the world history of human marriage.[1]Westermarck argues that marriage is a social institution that rests on a biological foundation, and developed through a process in which human males came to live together with human females for sexual gratification, companionship, mutual economic aid, procreation, and the joint rearing of offspring.[2] Scholarly receptionDavid Blankenhorn calls the book one of the best histories of human marriage, and considers it deservedly famous. He comments, however, that it leaves out a great deal of material while "skimming too quickly over too much."[1] Blankenhorn believes, however, that scholarship subsequent to Westermarck's has tended to support his conclusions.[2]The Finnish philosopher Jaakko Hintikka calls the work a monumental study and a classic in its field, but notes that it is now antiquated.[3] ReferencesFootnotes1. ^1 Blankenhorn 2007. pp. 9-10. 2. ^1 Blankenhorn 2007. p. 37. 3. ^Hintikka 2005. p. 303. Bibliography
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