Harvey Whitehouse (Chair of Social An Chair of Social Anthropology

Gebundenes Buch

Ritual Animal

Imitation and Cohesion in the Evolution of Social Complexity

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Harvey Whitehouse is a leading anthropologist whose research focuses on the role of ritual in the evolution of social complexity. One of the founders of the cognitive science of religion, his publications include Religion, Anthropology, and Cognitive Science (co-edited with James Laidlaw; 2007), Mind and Religion: Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religiosity (co-edited with Robert N. McCauley; 2005), and Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission (OUP, 2004).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9780199646364
• ISBN-10: 0199646368
• Artikelnr.: 62220158