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Author:

Whitehouse, Harvey, author.

Title:

The ritual animal : imitation and cohesion in the evolution of social complexity / Harvey Whitehouse.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

x, 240 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Social groups.
Ritual.
Rituel.
Ritual.
Social groups.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and indexes.

Contents:

1. Overimitation and the Ritual Stance -- 2. Ritual Frequency, Emotionality, and Modes of Religiosity -- 3. Imagistic Ritual, Fusion, and Self-Sacrifice -- 4. Doctrinal Ritual, Identification, and Social Complexity -- 5. Ritual's Evolutionary Landscapes -- 6. Challenges for Society -- 7. Challenges for Science.

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.

ISBN:

0199646368
9780199646364

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1272885511

LCCN:

2021910144

Locations:

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)