Mortal rituals : what the story of the Andes survivors tells us about human evolution

Mortal rituals what the story of the Andes survivors tells us about human evolution

On December 21, 1972, sixteen young survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 were rescued after spending ten weeks stranded at the crash site of their plane, high in the remote Andes Mountains. The incident made international headlines and spawned several best-selling books, fueled partly by the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rossano, Matthew J. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press 2013.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Evolutionary psychology.
Behavior evolution.
Taboo.
Airplane crash survival.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798415006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Crash of Flight UAF 571
  • 1. Natural Versus Civilized
  • 2. The Evolution of Taboo
  • 3. This Cold and Capricious Place
  • 4. Mountain Rituals
  • 5. Rituals of Love
  • 6. Ritual Defeats the Mountain
  • 7. God of the Mountain
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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