Name: Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of war
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Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
ISBN: 9781455543700

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Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of war

Type

Physical Book

Author

Barbara Ehrenreich

Publisher

Twelve

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

384

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 13.2 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9781455543700

Synopsis "Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of war "

A New York Times Notable BookAn ALA Notable Book"Original and illuminating." --The Washington PostWhat draws our species to war? What makes us see violence as a kind of sacred duty, or a ritual that boys must undergo to "become" men? Newly reissued in paperback, Blood Rites takes readers on an original journey from the elaborate human sacrifices of the ancient world to the carnage and holocaust of twentieth-century "total war." Ehrenreich sifts deftly through the fragile records of prehistory and discovers the wellspring of war in an unexpected place -- not in a "killer instinct" unique to the males of our species, but in the blood rites early humans performed to reenact their terrifying experiences of predation by stronger carnivores. Brilliant in conception and rich in scope, Blood Rites is a monumental work that continues to transform our understanding of the greatest single threat to human life.

Barbara Ehrenreich

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Essayist and social activist from the United States. From 1991 to 1997, he was a regular columnist for Time magazine and has written for publications such as The New York Times, Mother Jones, The Atlantic Monthly, Z Magazine. Since August 2005, he writes for The Progressive newspaper. Essayist and social activist from the United States. From 1991 to 1997, he was a regular columnist for Time magazine and has written for publications such as The New York Times, Mother Jones, The Atlantic Monthly, Z Magazine. Since August 2005, he writes for The Progressive newspaper.

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