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A Critique of "The Dawn of Everything" with Sam Biagetti

Outsider Theory

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The Ritual Process by Victor Turner

Rithen: I'm very sceptical about anthropology, but i love this book by victor turner. He argues that a lot of ritual rituals are about reconciling these conflicting impulses and making it squaring the circle. Andikfing: In trying to account for why people go through these weird, elaborate rituals, he ends up hitting on something that's very clarifying - you don't have to think of people as naturally egalitarian or naturally hierarchical.

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