TY - BOOK AU - Pipatti,Otto TI - The origins of human social nature : Westermarckian sociology and social anthropology SN - 9783031551468 U1 - 30 CY - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2024 N2 - This book is the first comprehensive study of Westermarckian sociology and social anthropology, which flourished in Finland for half a century, until the Second World War. Edward Westermarck (1862-1939) was not only the founder of Finnish sociology but also Britain's first professor of sociology, influencing and contributing to teaching and research at LSE for nearly three decades. In Finland, a group of disciples shared his Darwinian interest in the human mind and the comparative study of the origins of social phenomena. Like Westermarck, they also conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork beyond Europe ER -