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Purity and Danger is acknowledged as a modern masterpiece of anthropology. It is widely cited in non-anthropological works and gave rise to a body of application, rebuttal and development within anthropology. In 1995 the book was included among the Times Literary Supplement's hundred most influential non-fiction works since WWII. Incorporating the philosophy of religion and science and a generally holistic approach to classification, Douglas demonstrates the relevance of anthropological enquiries to an audience outside her immediate academic circle. She offers an approach to understanding rules of purity by examining what is considered unclean in various cultures. She sheds light on the symbolism of what is considered clean and dirty in relation to order in secular and religious, modern and primitive life.


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  • Author : Professor Mary Douglas
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Total Pages : 202 pages
  • ISBN : 1136489274
  • PDF File Size : 36,8 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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Purity and Danger

Purity and Danger
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 47,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 17 June 2013
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Purity and Danger is acknowledged as a modern masterpiece of anthropology. It is widely cited in non-anthropological works and gave rise to a body of application, rebuttal and development within

Purity and Danger Now

Purity and Danger Now
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 42,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 12 January 2017
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Mary Douglas’s seminal work Purity and Danger (Routledge, 1966) continues to be indispensable reading for both students and scholars today. Marking the 50th anniversary of Douglas’s classic, the present

Risk and Blame

Risk and Blame
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 39,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 17 June 2013
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First published in 1992, this volume follows on from the programme for studying risk and blame that was implied in Purity and Danger. The first half of the book Douglas argues

Leviticus as Literature

Leviticus as Literature
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • File Size : 32,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 16 May 1999
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Offering a new and controversial interpretation of Leviticus this book sets out an anthropological perspective on the Jewish purity laws.

Natural Symbols

Natural Symbols
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 49,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 11 September 2002
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Every natural symbol - derived from blood, breath or excrement - carries a social meaning and this work focuses on the ways in which any one culture makes its selections

Mary Douglas

Mary Douglas
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 43,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 04 January 2002
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This is the first full length account of the life and ideas of Mary Douglas, the British social anthropologist whose publications span the second half of the twentieth century. Richard

Implicit Meanings

Implicit Meanings
  • Publisher : Psychology Press
  • File Size : 22,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 14 October 2010
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Implicit Meanings was first published to great acclaim in 1975. It includes writings on the key themes which are associated with Mary Douglas' work and which have had a major influence

The Lele of the Kasai

The Lele of the Kasai
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 53,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 17 June 2013
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This first volume is a compilation of numerous essays by Douglas on the Lele in the Belgian Congo covering a fifteen year period. There are early indications of Douglas's cultural

Urban Pollution

Urban Pollution
  • Publisher : Berghahn Books
  • File Size : 45,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 30 August 2010
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Re-examining Mary Douglas' work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It

The World of Goods

The World of Goods
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 35,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 28 March 2021
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It is well-understood that the consumption of goods plays an important, symbolic role in the way human beings communicate, create identity, and establish relationships. What is less well-known is that