Blood Rites: Origins and the History of the Passions of War - Couverture souple

Ehrenreich, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1860495699 ISBN 13 : 9781860495694

Editeur : Virago Press Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

What draws our species to war and makes us see it as a kind of sacred undertaking? In Blood Rites, renowned social critic Barbara Ehrenreich plumbs the mystery of the human attraction to violence. In this sweeping work, she takes us on an original journey from the grasslands of prehistoric Africa to the trenches of Verdun, from the spectacular human sacrifices of pre-colonial Central America to the carnage and holocaust of twentieth-century 'total war'. Ehrenreich traces the evolution of war from prehistoric forms of socially-sanctioned violence to the mass religion we know today as nationalism, and shows the persistence of ancient fears in the most modern rituals and passions of war. Brillant in conception, rich in detail, epic in scope, Blood Rites is a monumental work that will transform our understanding of the archaic practice that has become the biggest single threat to human life.

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À propos de l'auteur

Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of nine books including THE HEARTS OF MEN and FEAR OF FALLING, which was nominated for a National Book Critics' Award in 1989. She has written for the GUARDIAN, TIME, THE NEW YORK TIMES and MS. She holds a Ph.D. in Biology from Rockefeller University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Virago Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1860495699
• ISBN 13: 9781860495694
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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