Théorie de l’inceste et construction d’objet : Françoise Héritier, la Grèce antique et les Hittites

Théorie de l'inceste et construction d'objet : Françoise Héritier, la Grèce antique et les Hittites

In her effort to elaborate unified theory regarding the prohibition of incest, which takes into account ally tabous, Françoise Héritier postulates the existence of secondary form of incest between blood relations of the same sex who share the same partner. The example of ancient Greece and the Hittites shows all that this theory owes to the construction of an object in which the encounter of identical moods becomes the sole dimension in complex system of psychological and social relations. A sociology of power interests and relations facilitates the defense of another theory which owes lot to Malinowski, Seligman and Tylor.

General Social Sciences, History