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Dancing in the Streets

A History of Collective Joy

by Barbara Ehrenreich · 2006 · 336 pages

Jonathan Haidt
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About This Book

Barbara Ehrenreich examines the history of communal celebration and the human need for collective joy. She traces how ecstatic rituals, from ancient Dionysian cults to medieval carnivals, have been systematically suppressed by religious and political elites to maintain social control.

Genres

Psychology & BehaviorHistorySociety & Politics

Topics

AnthropologyCarnivalCollective JoyDanceRitualsSocial History

Book Details

Published

2006

Pages

336

Language

en

ISBN

9780805057249

Audiobook Available

9h 29m
Narrated by Pam Ward

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