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Blood Rites
- Origins and History of the Passions of War
- ナレーター: Amy Landon
- 再生時間: 9 時間 56 分
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あらすじ・解説
A New York Times Notable BookAn ALA Notable Book
"Original and illuminating." (The Washington Post)
What draws our species to war? What makes us see violence as a kind of sacred duty, or a ritual that boys must undergo to "become" men? Newly reissued, Blood Rites takes listeners on an original journey from the elaborate human sacrifices of the ancient world to the carnage and holocaust of 20th-century "total war."
Ehrenreich sifts deftly through the fragile records of prehistory and discovers the wellspring of war in an unexpected place - not in a "killer instinct" unique to the males of our species, but in the blood rites early humans performed to reenact their terrifying experiences of predation by stronger carnivores.
Brilliant in conception and rich in scope, Blood Rites is a monumental work that continues to transform our understanding of the greatest single threat to human life.
批評家のレビュー
"Original and illuminating. It is a large step from the all-male hunting band to the US Marine Corps. Barbara Ehrenreich plots the path, nevertheless, both passionately and persuasively." (John Keegan, The Washington Post)
"Keen and arresting...One of today's most original writers has tackled one of humankind's most intractable subjects." (New York Times Book Review)
"Exceptionally wide-ranging, Blood Rites is brilliant, persuasive, and thoroughly accessible." (The Philadelphia Inquirer)