Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War -- Barbara Ehrenreich

<b>A <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book</b><b>An ALA Notable Book</b><br><b>Original and illuminating. --<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br>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 in paperback, <i>Blood Rites</i> takes readers on an original journey from the elaborate human sacrifices of the ancient world to the carnage and holocaust of twentieth-century total war. <br>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. <br>Brilliant in conception and rich in scope, <i>Blood Rites</i> is a monumental work that continues to transform our understanding of the greatest single threat to human life.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Barbara Ehrenreich<br><b>Publisher:</b> Twelve<br><b>Published:</b> 01/07/2020<br><b>Pages:</b> 384<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.60lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781455543700<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Barbara Ehrenreich </b>is the author of over a dozen books, including the <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers <i>Nickel and Dimed</i> and <i>Natural Causes</i>. She lives in Virginia.</p>