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Ritual

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Ritual is perhaps the oldest, and certainly the most enigmatic, thread in human culture. Seemingly pointless ceremonies pervade every known society: from handshakes to hexes, hazings to parades, birthdays to graduations. Before we ever learned to farm, we were gathering in giant stone temples. And yet, though rituals exist in every culture and can persist nearly unchanged for centuries, their logic has remained a mystery until now.

Today, a fearless new generation of anthropologists is venturing into this shadowy realm. Armed with cutting-edge technology and drawing on discoveries from a wide range of disciplines, they emerge with a powerful new perspective on our place in the world. Pathfinding scientist Dimitris Xygalatas reveals the deep and subtle mechanisms that bind us together.
Author Dimitris Xygalatas
Narrator Neil Gardner
Duration 9 hours and 14 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781800812628
Format Audiobook
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Genre Anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology, Social and cultural history
Availability AU, GB, IE

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