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Inheritance
The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern WorldA bold and sweeping analysis that ranges widely through time, across geographies and through different kinds of human societies. A book of rare ambition and scope.
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Inheritance
The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern WorldA bold and sweeping analysis that ranges widely through time, across geographies and through different kinds of human societies. A book of rare ambition and scope.
€ 23,50 -
Inheritance
The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern WorldAnthropologist Harvey Whitehouse offers a sweeping account of how three ancient biases—conformism, religiosity, and tribalism—shaped humanity’s past and imperil its future.
€ 28,95 -
Inheritance
The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern WorldAnthropologist Harvey Whitehouse offers a sweeping account of how three ancient biases—conformism, religiosity, and tribalism—shaped humanity’s past and imperil its future.
€ 41,50 -
Inheritance
'Insightful and breathtaking.' Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens'Bold and sweeping.' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'Profoundly thought-provoking.' Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut EconomicsHow our evolved psychology has shaped the past, present and future of humanity. Each of us is endowed with an inheritance. A set of ancient biases, forged through countless millennia of natural and cultural selection, which shape every facet of our behaviour. For generations, this inheritance has taken us to ever greater heights, driving the rise of more sophisticated technologies, more organized religions, more expansive empires. But now, for the first time, it is failing us. We find ourselves careering towards a future of unprecedented political polarization, deadlier wars, and environmental destruction. In Inheritance, renowned anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse offers a sweeping account of how our evolved biases have shaped humanity's past and imperil its future. Unveiling a pioneering new way of viewing our collective history - one that weaves together psychological experiments, on-the-ground fieldwork, and big data - Whitehouse introduces three biases that shape human behaviour everywhere: conformism, religiosity, and tribalism. These biases have catalysed the greatest transformations in human history, from the birth of agriculture and arrival of the first kings to the rise and fall of human sacrifice and creation of multiethnic empires. Yet today, they are driving us to ruin. Taking us deep into New Guinea tribes, Libyan militias, and predatory ad agencies, Whitehouse shows how the tools we once used to manage our biases are breaking down, with devastating implications for us all. By uncovering how human nature has shaped our collective history, Inheritance reveals a surprising new path to solving our most urgent problems. The result is a powerful reappraisal of the human journey; one that transforms our understanding of who we are, and who we could be. __'A profoundly important book, of breathtaking scope . . . Full of deep insights into human nature, this is a work of compelling conviction by a master in the field.' Lewis Dartnell, author of Origins'If you spend a lot of time thinking the world seems to have gone mad, bad and dangerous, this thoughtful and thought-provoking book won't just help you work out why that might be - it will also help you see a better path forward.' Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Channel 4 News presenter'A very powerful, provocative and inspiring analysis of the human condition . . . Compelling and highly readable, this book shows why anthropology matters.' Gillian Tett, Financial Times columnist and Provost of King's College, Cambridge'Remarkably readable . . . A powerful argument that the behaviour change we need is more likely to occur if we make use of our evolved human nature, rather than seek to transcend it.' Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation
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The Ritual Animal
Imitation and Cohesion in the Evolution of Social ComplexityCopying 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.
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Arguments and Icons
Divergent Modes of ReligiosityThrough a close examination of four Melanesian religious traditions, Whitehouse identifies a set of recurrent interconnections between styles of religious transmission, systems of memory, and patterns of political association. He argues that these interconnections may shed light on a variety of general problems in history, archaeology, and social theory.
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Arguments and Icons
Divergent Modes of ReligiosityThrough a close examination of four Melanesian religious traditions, Whitehouse identifies a set of recurrent interconnections between styles of religious transmission, systems of memory, and patterns of political association. He argues that these interconnections may shed light on a variety of general problems in history, archaeology, and social theory.
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Inside the Cult
Religious Innovation and Transmission in Papua New GuineaThe millenarian cult of Pomio Kivung in Papua New Guinea looks forward to the establishment of a period of supernatural bliss, heralded by the return of ancestors bearing "cargo". Drawing on this belief, this study develops an original theory of modes of religiosity.
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Theorizing Religions Past
Archaeology, History, and CognitionHistorians bound by their singular stories and archaeologists bound by their material evidence do not typically seek out broad comparative theories of religion. But Harvey Whitehouse's 'modes of religiosity' theory has been attracting many scholars.
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Ritual and Memory
Toward a Comparative Anthropology of ReligionEthnographers of religion have created a vast record of religious behavior from small-scale non-literate societies to globally distributed religions in urban settings. This work features a range of ethnographers who grapple critically with Harvey Whitehouse's theory of two divergent modes of religiosity.
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Ritual and Memory
Toward a Comparative Anthropology of ReligionEthnographers of religion have created a vast record of religious behavior from small-scale non-literate societies to globally distributed religions in urban settings. This work features a range of ethnographers who grapple critically with Harvey Whitehouse's theory of two divergent modes of religiosity.
€ 63,95