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2021

Format:	Book
Author:	Whitehouse, Harvey, author.
Title:	The ritual animal : imitation and cohesion in the evolution of social complexity / Harvey Whitehouse.
Publisher, Date:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Description:	x, 240 pages ; 24 cm
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.
Subjects:	Social groups. Ritual.
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.
LCCN:	2021910144
ISBN:	9780199646364 0199646368
Other Number:	1272885511
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Control Number:	1028157
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Call Number:	302.3 Whitehou

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