The Hidden Powers Of Ritual The Journey Of A Lifetime Bradd Shore by Bradd Shore 9780262376549, 0262376547 instant download after payment.

An illuminating overview of the development, benefits, and importance of ritual in everyday life, written by a leading cognitive anthropologist.
The Hidden Powers of Ritual is an engaging introduction to ritual studies that presents ritual as an evolved form of human behavior of almost unimaginable significance to our species. Every day across the globe, people gather to share meals, brew caffeinated beverages, or honor their ancestors. In this book, Bradd Shore, a respected anthropologist, reaches beyond familiar “big-R” rituals to present life’s humbler, overshadowed moments, exploring everything from the Balinese pelebon to baseball to family Zoom sessions in the age of Covid to the sobering reenactment rituals surrounding the Moore’s Ford lynchings. In each ritual, Shore shows how our capacity to ritualize behavior is a remarkable part of the human story.
Encompassing both the commonly unlabeled “interaction...