Ritual Animal

Auteur: Whitehouse, Harvey (Chair of Social Anthropology, Chair of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
Copying rituals has allowed cultural groups to proliferate over time. Rare, traumatic rituals produce strong cohesion in small relational groups, whereas daily/weekly rituals produce cohesion in expandable communities. This study presents a theory of how these two ritual modes have influenced history over thousands of years.
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Copying rituals has allowed cultural groups to proliferate over time. Rare, traumatic rituals produce strong cohesion in small relational groups, whereas daily/weekly rituals produce cohesion in expandable communities. This study presents a theory of how these two ritual modes have influenced history over thousands of years.
ISBN / EAN 9780199646364
Auteur Whitehouse, Harvey (Chair of Social Anthropology, Chair of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford)
Editeur Oxford University Press