Origins Of The Sacred Ecstasies Of Love and War By Dudley Young

1991 Hardcover,  1st edition

Dust Jacket

St Martins Press

Very Good Condition

Origins of the Sacred: The Ecstasies of Love and War by Dudley Young (1991) is a work of speculative anthropology and mythology that explores the roots of human identity, religion, and violence by linking evolutionary biology with ancient myths. Young argues that the sacred origins of love and war are intertwined and that modern society has lost touch with these primal, mythological foundations, leading to an increase in violence. He draws on primatology (like Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees) and mythology (from Gilgamesh to T.S. Eliot) to trace the development of human consciousness, ritual, and the tension between our animalistic and spiritual natures