An Overview of Harvey Whitehouse’s The Ritual Animal: Imitation and Cohesion in the Evolution of Social Complexity (2021)

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R. Jagiello
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In the book The Ritual Animal: Imitation and Cohesion in the Evolution of Social Complexity (2021), Harvey Whitehouse presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of ritual that is remarkable in range and versatility. Embedded in evolutionary principles, his theories hold vast explanatory potential, asking pertinent questions about the evolutionary functions and psychological substrates of ritual behaviour and its pivotal role in the origins of cultural and social complexity. Moreover, he compellingly discusses how the research outlined, resulting from many collaborations over several decades, can serve as a basis for meaningful policy making as well as the bridging of various fields within academia, hence demonstrating its potential for making contributions toward some of the most pressing issues currently faced by humanity.
哈维·怀特豪斯的《仪式动物:社会复杂性进化中的模仿与凝聚》(2021)综述
在《仪式动物:社会复杂性进化中的模仿和凝聚力》(2021)一书中,哈维·怀特豪斯提出了一种跨学科的方法来研究仪式,这种方法的范围和多样性都很显著。他的理论植根于进化原理,具有巨大的解释潜力,提出了有关仪式行为的进化功能和心理基础及其在文化和社会复杂性起源中的关键作用的相关问题。此外,他还令人信服地讨论了几十年来许多合作所产生的研究概述,如何作为有意义的政策制定的基础,以及学术界各领域之间的桥梁,从而展示了它对人类目前面临的一些最紧迫问题做出贡献的潜力。
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