Deadly Powers by Ehrenreich, Barbara -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Praise Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich Acknowledgments Chapter 1 - Predators and Myth Chapter 2 - Bringers of Death: Predators of the Pleistocene and beyond

Introduction Part 1. On Deadly Ground: Predators that Inhabited the Land

The Killer Cats Hyenas, Wolves, and Dogs Bears

Part 2. Up from the Depths: Predators of the Water

Giant Snakes Crocodiles and Alligators Lizards Giant Fish

Part 3. Aerial Terror: Predators of the Sky

Teratoms and Condors Eagles Conclusion

Chapter 3 - Be Afraid, be very Afraid: Fear and Survival in the Pleistocene

Introduction The Gift of Fear Part 1. Triggers of Fear

The Predator Face The Staring Eye The Predator Mouth Predator Teeth The Predator Tongue Fear of Menacing Movements Fear of Blood Fear of Bones Fear of Sounds Fear of Signs Fear of Darkness and Night

Part 2. Survival Strategies and Defensive Behaviors

Introduction Freezing Fleeing Fighting Massing Mobbing Appeasing Conclusion

Chapter 4 - Performing the Predator: Mimetic Storytelling in the Paleolithic

Introduction Mind and Mimetic Culture Mimetic Communication as Performance Primal Storytelling Enter the Predator Mimetic Storytelling as a Survival Strategy (1) Mimetic Storytelling as a Survival Strategy (2) Dreaming of the “Bad Ones” Imitation as Magical Incantation Conclusion

Chapter 5 - The emergence of the Mythmaking Mind

Introduction The Ancient Roots of Mythic Thinking Mythic Thinking and the Modular Mind Language and the Emergence of Mythic Culture The Tragedy of the Imagination—Proliferating Fears Mythmaking as Fear Management Storytelling in the Middle Paleolithic Were Women the First Storytellers? Conclusion

Chapter 6. In the Belly of the Beast: The Predator as Mythic Monster

Introduction The Mythic Monster as Animal Predator Animal Predators into Mythic Monsters Natural Sources of Mythic Monsters Envisioning Monsters Our “Inner” Monster Our Monstrous Imagination Battling the Mythic Monster Baffling the Mythic Monster Conclusion

Chapter 7 - Fear and Trembling in the Pleistocene: The Predator as a God

Introduction Fear and the Sacred The Primal Ingredients of Predator Deification Predator Worship and the Stockholm Syndrome Worshipping the Predator God The Flesh of the Gods Survival and Sacrifice in the Pleistocene Predator Cults of the Paleolithic From Predator Gods to Gods-R-Us Almost Detecting the Predator Conclusion

Chapter 8 - Kindly Killers: The Predator as Kin, Friend, Protector, and Benefactor

Introduction Anthropomorphism and Fear Management The Predator as Kin The Predator as Friend The Predator as Guardian and Protector The Predator as Benefactor Conclusion

Chapter 9 - Model of Menace: The Predator as Exemplar and Object of Envy

Introduction Learning to the Identify with the Predator Hunting as Mimetic Performance From human to Predator: Rituals of Transformation human Sacrifice as a Predator Kill Consuming Identities Embracing the Inner Animal Predator Fearing the Were-Predator Conclusion

Chapter 10 - Scaring Ourselves to Life Photo Insert Notes Bibliography Index Back Cover