Et l'Homme Crea Les Dieux:?omment expliquer la religion

Where does the desire to believe in a higher power come from? How do religious ideas arise, and why does faith continue to play such an important role in the life of a person in the 21st century? The book by the French anthropologist Pascal Boyer describes the phenomenon of religion from the standpoint of evolutionary psychology. The scientist finds the background of beliefs and religious rites in the principles of the work of human consciousness. One by one, he refutes the common "theories...