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1、RITUALANDRELIGIONINTHEMAKINGOFHUMANITYRoyA.RappaportCambridgeUniversityPressRITUALANDRELIGIONINTHEMAKINGOFHUMANITYRoyRappaportarguesthatreligioniscentraltothecontinuingevolutionoflife,althoughithasbeendisplacedfromitsoriginalpositionofintellectualauthoritybytheriseofmodernscience.Hisbook,w
2、hichcouldbeconstruedasinsomedegreereligiousaswellasaboutreligion,insiststhatreligioncanandmustbereconciledwithscience.Combiningadaptiveandcognitiveapproachestothestudyofhumankind,hemountsacomprehensiveanalysisofreligion'sevolutionarysigni®cance,seeingitasco-extensivewiththeinventionoflangu
3、ageandhenceofcultureasweknowit.Atthesametimeheassemblesthefulleststudyyetofreligion'smaincomponent,ritual,whichconstructstheconceptionswhichwetaketobereligiousandhasbeencentralinthemakingofhumanity'sadaptation.Thetextamountstoamanualforeffectiveritual,illustratedbyexamplesdrawnfromanthropo
4、logy,history,philosophy,comparativereligionandelsewhere.ROYRAPPAPORTtaughtattheUniversityofMichigan,AnnArborfrom1965untilhisdeathin1997.HewasPresidentoftheAmericanAnthropologicalAssociationfrom1987to1989.AmonghismanypublicationsarePigsfortheAncestors(1968;revisededition1984)andEcology,Mean
5、ing,andReligion(1979).ThisPageIntentionallyLeftBlankCambridgeStudiesinSocialandCulturalAnthropology110RITUALANDRELIGIONINTHEMAKINGOFHUMANITYCambridgeStudiesinSocialandCulturalAnthropologyFoundingEditorsMeyerFortesUniversityofCambridgeJackGoodyUniversityofCambridgeEdmundLeachUniversityofCam
6、bridgeStanleyJ.TambiahHarvardUniversityThemonographseriesCambridgeStudiesinSocialandCulturalAnthropologypublishesanalyticalethnographies,comparativeworks,andcontributionstotheory.Allcombineanexpertandcriticalcommandofethnographyandasophisticatedengagementwithcurrenttheoreticaldebates.Alist
7、ofbooksintheserieswillbefoundattheendofthevolumeRITUALANDRELIGIONINTHEMAKINGOFHUMANITYROYA.RAPPAPORTpublishedbythepresssyndicateoftheuniversityofcambridgeThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,CambridgeCB21RP,UnitedKingdomcambridgeuniversitypressTheEdinburghBuildin
