The Origin and Development of the Altruistic Sentiment

Chapter XXXIV

Maternal affection, pp. –189.—Prof. Espinas’s theory, p. sq.—Prof. Bain’s theory, p. sq.—Mr. Spencer’s theory, p. .—Distinction between maternal love and the mere love of the helpless, p. sq.—The paternal instinct, p. sq.—Conjugal attachment, pp. –192.—The duration of conjugal attachment, p. sq.—The duration of parental affection, p. .—Filial affection, p. .—Man originally, as it seems, not a gregarious animal, p. sq.—How he became gregarious, p. sq.—The gregarious instinct, p. .—Social affection, p. sq.—The evolution of social aggregates influenced by economic conditions, pp. –201.—The social aggregates of savages who know neither cattle-rearing nor agriculture, pp. –200.—Of pastoral peoples, p. .—Of peoples subsisting on agriculture, ibid.—Social units based on marriage or a common descent, p. sq.—The social force in kinship, pp. –204.—Mr. Hartland’s theory, pp. –206.—The blood-covenant, pp. –209.—The social influence of a common cult among savages, pp. –213.—The “four generations” of the Chinese, p. .—Traces of a clan organisation in China, p. sq.—The joint family among so-called Aryan peoples, pp. –216.—Village communities, clans, phratries, and tribes among these peoples, pp. –220.—The prevalence of the paternal system of descent among the peoples of archaic culture, p. .—Associations of tribes among uncivilised races, p. sq.—Civilisation only thrives in states, p. sq.—The origin of states p. .—The influence of the State upon the smaller units of which it is composed, p. sq.—The State and the notion of a common descent, pp. –225.—The archaic State not only a political but a religious community, p. sq.—The national importance of a common religion, p. .—The influence of social development upon the altruistic sentiment, p. sq.—The altruistic sentiment has not necessarily reference only to individuals belonging to the same social unit, p. sq.—The expansion of altruism in mankind, p. .