{"product_id":"prehistoric-secret-societies-von-cameron-grayson","title":"Prehistoric Secret Societies","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, researchers have recognized that  power and subjection between groups characterize  even small-scale cultures.  Secret societies,  central to the hierarchical sociopolitical  development of small-scale communities, plays a  pivotal role in understanding the mechanisms by  which power is established and institutionalized.   Secrecy also indicates a particular social attitude  toward supernatural knowledge.  Secrecy involving  claims to supernatural and political forces provides  at least one basis for exercising power.  In these  societies, spiritual knowledge is often regarded as  both powerful and dangerous.  Its importance varies  in direct proportion to the degree to which it is  kept secret.  In other words, powerful supernatural  knowledge is valued in inverse relation to the  number of people possessing it and people are valued  according to the importance of the knowledge they  possess. This book demonstrates that we have  sufficient information at our disposal to begin to  identify secret societies in the prehistoric  material record and to monitor the importance of  these institutions in social and cultural evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783838310312\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Origin of Clandestine Communities\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783838310312","offer_id":39469173768285,"sku":"9783838310312","price":59.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/5f821d42-bd23-47da-811b-c17f14dfa5cb.jpg?v=1776494373","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/prehistoric-secret-societies-von-cameron-grayson","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}