Edward Slingerland

Slingerland is the author of Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization. He is also the Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, with adjunct appointments in Psychology and Philosophy, as well as Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture and Director of the Database of Religious History.

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