Padraig Belton

An Analysis of Mary Douglas's Purity and Danger

An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One of the most widely read books in the social sciences, Purity and Danger established Mary Douglas as one of the twentieth century's leading social scientists. She delves in great detail into existing arguments that portray traditional societies as â evolvingâ from â savageâ beliefs and explains why she believes those arguments are wrong.

Produktdetails

• The Macat Library
• Verlag: Macat International Limited
• Seitenzahl: 127
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 134mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 148g
• ISBN-13: 9781912284634
• ISBN-10: 1912284634
• Artikelnr.: 51001690

Autorenporträt

Pádraig Belton undertook his doctoral research in politics and international relations at the University of Oxford. A prolific financia, business and political journalist, his work has appeared in publications including the Irish Times, the Guardian, Telegraph, Independent, the Irish Independent, the Atlantic, the New Statesman, Prospect, the Times Literary Supplement, and Foreign Policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways in to the Text Who Was Mary Douglas? What Does Purity and Danger Say?
Why Does Purity and Danger Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The
Author and the historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The
Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main
Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in
the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module
10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12:
Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited