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The ritual animal - [First edition]

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: The ritual animal : imitation and cohesion in the evolution of social complexity
  • Contributor: Whitehouse, Harvey [Author]
  • Published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021
  • Published in: Oxford scholarship online
  • Issue: First edition
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 240 Seiten); Illustrationen, Diagramme
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780199646364.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780191840128
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  • Keywords: Rituale > Gesellschaftsordnung > Sozialer Prozess > Entwicklung
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  • Footnote: This edition also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 15, 2021)
  • Description: 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.