Blood Rites by Barbara Ehrenreich
Origins and History of the Passions of War
An investigative cultural history that traces human enthusiasm for organized violence across time and societies, arguing that war and the passions that fuel it are produced and reinforced by rituals, myths, and social institutions rather than being solely innate. Drawing on anthropology, history and psychology, it examines initiation rites, religious sacrifices, soldierly camaraderie, and nationalist pageantry to show how group bonding, gender roles, and symbolic practices routinize aggression and sanctify killing. Challenging biological determinism, the work contends that the shapes and meanings of war are culturally constructed and therefore alterable through different social arrangements and political choices.
- Published
- 1997
- Nationality
- American
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- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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