The ritual animal (Record no. 59772)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199646364
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : International Book Distributors
Distributor address : Flat No.- 17, Prakash Apartment, Ansari Road, New Delhi- 110002
Bill Number : 118481
Bill Date : 14/11/2022
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 302.3 WHI
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Whitehouse, Harvey.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The ritual animal
Remainder of title : imitation and cohesion in the evolution of social complexity.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Harvey Whitehouse.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , United Kingdom
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Oxford University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc ,2021.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x,239p.
Dimensions :25cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 2725
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc From infancy, we copy those around us in order to be like others, to be one with the tribe. Other primates will copy behaviour that leads to transparent benefits, such as access to food, but only humans promiscuously copy actions that have no obvious instrumental purpose. The copying of causally opaque behaviour (rituals) has allowed cultural groups to proliferate over time and space. The frequency and emotional intensity of ritual performances constrains the scale and structure of cultural groups. Rare, traumatic rituals (e.g. painful initiations) produce very strong social cohesion in small, relational groups such as military battalions or local cults whereas daily and weekly rituals (e.g. collective praying in mosques, churches, and synagogues) produce diffuse cohesion in indefinitely expandable communities. This pioneering study presents a theory of how these two 'ritual modes' have influenced the course of human history over many thousands of years and continue to shape the groups we live in today.<br/><br/>The resulting programme of research offers a radically new paradigm for the social sciences, one that bridges across disciplinary silos, samples the full diversity of the world's populations, and plumbs our richest sources of information about cultural systems, past and present. In doing so, leading anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse shows how we can modify the way we tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our day, from violent extremism to global heating. All the problems humanity creates are ultimately problems of cooperation. Solving these problems will require social glue. Whitehouse suggests various practical ways in which our growing knowledge about the role of ritual in group bonding can help us achieve a more peaceful and prosperous future, not only for ourselves but for all species who share the planet with us
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Whitehouse, Harvey
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social groups
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social psychology
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Harvey Whitehouse.
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