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005 | 20221005150148.0 | ||
008 | 220914s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng d | ||
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_aXygalatas, Dēmētrēs, _eauthor. |
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_aRitual : _bhow seemingly senseless acts make life worth living / _cDimitris Xygalatas. |
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_aNew York : _bLittle, Brown Spark, Hatchette Book Group, _c2022. |
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_a311 pages ; _c24 cm |
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_atext _btxt _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier |
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_a"Ritual is one of the oldest, and certainly most enigmatic, threads in the history of human culture. It presents a profound paradox: people ascribe the utmost importance to their rituals, but few can explain why they are so important. Apparently pointless ceremonies pervade every documented society, from handshakes to hexes, hazings to parades. Before we ever learned to farm, we were gathering in giant stone temples to perform elaborate rites and ceremonies. And yet, though rituals exist in every culture and can persist nearly unchanged for centuries, their logic has remained a mystery--until now. In Ritual , pathfinding scientist Dimitris Xygalatas leads us on an enlightening tour through this shadowy realm of human behavior. Armed with cutting-edge technology and drawing on discoveries from a wide range of disciplines, he presents a powerful new perspective on our place in the world. In birthday parties and coronations, in silent prayer, in fire-walks and terrifying rites of passage, in all the bewildering variety of human life, Ritual reveals the deep and subtle mechanisms that bind us together."-- _cPublisher marketing. |
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_aRitual. _976865 |
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_aRites and ceremonies. _912521 |
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_aEvolutionary psychology. _998194 |
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_aPsychology, Religious. _925232 |
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_aSpirituality. _989091 |
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