CHAPTER XIV

PROHIBITION OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN KINDRED

The horror of incest almost universally characteristic of mankind, p. 290.—Intercourse between parents and children, pp. 290, _et seq._—Between brother and sister, pp. 291-294.—Between half-brother and half-sister, pp. 294, _et seq._—Between uncle and niece, and aunt and nephew, pp. 295, _et seq._—Between first cousins, pp. 296, _et seq._—The prohibited degrees among peoples unaffected by modern civilization more numerous, as a rule, than in advanced communities, pp. 297-309.—Prohibition of marriage between relatives by alliance, pp. 309, _et seq._—Early hypotheses as to the origin of the prohibitions of marriage between near kin, p. 310.—Criticism of Mr. McLennan’s hypothesis as to the origin of exogamy, pp. 311-314.—Criticism of Mr. Spencer’s views, pp. 314, _et seq._—Of Sir John Lubbock’s, p. 316.—Of Professor Kohler’s, pp. 316, _et seq._—Of Mr. Morgan’s, &c., pp. 318, _et seq._—The prohibition of incest founded not on experience, but on instinct, p. 319.