{"product_id":"blood-rites-9781455543717","title":"Blood Rites","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ALA Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Original and illuminating.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\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.\" \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\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. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\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\/div\u003e","brand":"Twelve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67872617889970,"sku":"9781455543717","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/9781455543717.jpg?v=1793650118","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/blood-rites-9781455543717","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}