Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living Dimitris Xygalatas Profile Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Science Humanity

A Radio 4 Book Of The Week Winner Carol R Ember Prize For Scientific Anthropolgy Shortlisted 2023 British Academy From Fire Walking To Funerals Hidden Science Rituals That Give Life Meaning Ritual Is Perhaps Oldest And Certainly Most Enigmatic Thread In Human Culture Apparently Pointless Ceremonies Pervade Every Documented Society: Handshakes Hexes Hazings Parades Before We Learned Farm Were Gathering Giant Stone Temples Yet Though Exist Can Persist Nearly Unchanged Centuries Their Logic Has Remained Mystery Until Now Today Fearless New Generation Anthropologists Venturing Into This Shadowy Realm Armed With Cutting-Edge Technology Drawing On Discoveries Huge Range Disciplines They Emerge Powerful Perspective Our Place World Join Pathfinding Scientist Dimitris Xygalatas Tour At Its Strangest Coronations Silent Prayer Fire-Walks All Bewildering Variety Humanity\ S Reveals Deep Subtle Mechanisms Bind Us Together Σελίδες: 320 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0118 Διαστάσεις: 12 8X12 8Cm