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Cannibalism: The Ancient Taboo in Modern Times

Cannibalism: The Ancient Taboo in Modern Times. Ultimate taboo: anthropophagy. R eaches across centuries and cultures. Divine Hunger: appease the gods, survive famine, or exact revenge on or control his enemies. Spiritual & Ritualistic Cannibalism.

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Cannibalism: The Ancient Taboo in Modern Times

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  1. Cannibalism:The Ancient Taboo in Modern Times

  2. Ultimate taboo:anthropophagy

  3. Reaches across centuries and cultures

  4. Divine Hunger:appease the gods, survive famine, or exact revenge on or control his enemies

  5. Spiritual & Ritualistic Cannibalism Exo-cannibalism: a culture, group or tribes consumption of another culture, group or tribe Endo-cannibalism: the consumption of members within one’s own culture, group or tribe

  6. Effort to create a universal balance between of the world and the cosmos

  7. Kuru:an infectious agent introduced by the consumption of deceased human tissues

  8. Christian influences ended cannibalistic practices

  9. Survival Cannibalism:humans eat the flesh of other humans in an attempt to stay alive in adverse and desperate situations Donner party (1846) Uruguayan rugby players (1972)

  10. Punishable by social ostracization, institutionalization in a mental facility, arrest, incarceration or even death

  11. Criminal Cannibalism:the use of a corpse for the purpose of consumption by another human in any situation, outside that of conditions of starvation

  12. Four primary forms of criminal cannibalism: sexual cannibalismaggression cannibalismspiritual and ritual cannibalismepicurean/nutritional cannibalism

  13. Sexual Cannibalism :sexualizing the consumption of another person's flesh Albert Fish Edward Gein

  14. Aggression Cannibalism:motivated by a desire to express power or control over the victim Anna Zimmerman Edmund Kemper

  15. Spiritual & Ritualistic Cannibalism:associated with satanic or cult group rituals

  16. Epicurean & nutritional cannibalism:consumption of human flesh primarily motivated by taste or nutritional value Issei Sagawa Nicolas Claux

  17. Psychological Perspectives over nurturing of a child sudden stress childhood trauma anger and frustration aggression towards the mother sexual disorder eating disorder personality disorder

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