{"product_id":"blood-rites-barbara-ehrenreich-9781455543700","title":"Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Ehrenreich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1455543705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781455543700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Twelve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.00d","brand":"Barbara Ehrenreich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241299030271,"sku":"9781455543700","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4b5a6d4-7365-4d5e-8df0-aaf88f096793.jpg?v=1772653747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blood-rites-barbara-ehrenreich-9781455543700","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}