Blood Rites by Barbara Ehrenreich
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.
With her vintage combination of daring, originality and common sense Barbara Ehrenreich s BLOOD RITES is one of those rare books that make you question everything you thought you knew SUSAN FALUDI'Full of ideas - a great pleasure to read' MELVYN BRAGG'Revealing, provocative and fascinating' LAURENCE JAMES
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860495694 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860495699 |
| Title | Blood Rites |
| Author | Barbara Ehrenreich |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1998-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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