# Edvard Westermarck — Mutual Aid character guide

> Edvard Westermarck in Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Prof. Westermarck, Westermarck

**First appearance:** 0004-iii-mutual-aid-among-savages

## Who they are

Finnish anthropologist, cited on the history of human marriage and morality.

## In the story

### [VII: The Origin of the Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mutual_aid_se/chapters/vii-the-origin-of-the-family)

Critiqued as a leading advocate of the patriarchal family theory; his arguments from primate behavior are dismissed as insufficient.

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