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The ritual animal : imitation and cohesion in the evolution of social complexity / Harvey Whitehouse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitehouse, Harvey, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social groups--Congresses.
- Social groups.
- Ritual abuse victims.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Whitehouse, Harvey The Ritual Animal
- ISBN:
- 0-19-252096-2
- 0-19-184012-2
- 0-19-252097-0
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