来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础 第15集》

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  when he published the book Totem and Taboo.
  这一年他发表了《图腾与禁忌》一书
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  And this is about the origins of a fairly primitive society--
  本书介绍了原始社会的起源
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  the transformation from a kinship network to a tribal, larger tribal society.
  即 由亲缘网络转型到更大的部族社会
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  And he explains in this book the origins of first complex society
  书中还介绍了第一个复式社会的起源
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  as the brothers come together and they kill their father.
  是由于兄弟们团结起来杀死他们的父亲
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  And the father exercised in the kinship relationship absolute power.
  他认为父亲在亲属关系中拥有至高权力
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  And in fact he also believed that in these early kinship-based societies,
  他甚至相信在这些亲缘关系社会中
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  there was even no incest taboo.
  是不存在乱伦禁忌的
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  So the father actually could have sex with his daughters as well.
  所以父亲实际上可以和女儿发生性关系
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  Now the brothers come together, they kill the father,
  现在兄弟们团结起来杀死父亲
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  and they create the first civilization.
  并且开创了最初的文明
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  They're beginning to repress desires and share power among themselves.
  他们开始抑制欲望 共享权力