{"product_id":"blood-rites-origins-and-history-of-the-passions-of-war-paperback","title":"Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Ehrenreich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ALA Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Original and illuminating.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat 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, \u003ci\u003eBlood Rites\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" \u003cbr\u003eEhrenreich 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. \u003cbr\u003eBrilliant in conception and rich in scope, \u003ci\u003eBlood Rites\u003c\/i\u003e is a monumental work that continues to transform our understanding of the greatest single threat to human life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Ehrenreich \u003c\/b\u003e(1941-2022) was a bestselling author and political activist, whose more than a dozen books include \u003ci\u003eNatural Causes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiving with a Wild God\u003c\/i\u003e, the award winning essay collection\u003ci\u003e Had I Known\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/i\u003e, which the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003edescribed as \"a classic in social justice literature.\" An award-winning journalist, she frequently contributed to \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. Ehrenreich was born in Butte, Montana, when it was still a bustling mining town. She studied physics at Reed College and earned a Ph.D. in cell biology from Rockefeller University. Rather than going into laboratory work, she got involved in activism, and soon devoted herself to writing her innovative journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984051765549,"sku":"9781455543700","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/S4Q_5kGwR59781455543700.webp?v=1776081624","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/blood-rites-origins-and-history-of-the-passions-of-war-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}