Mary Douglas was one of the most regarded anthropologists of the 20th Century. This is a collection of her latest essays on culture, previously uncollected, from the last decade and a half of her life.
Mary Douglas was one of the most regarded anthropologists of the 20th Century. This is a collection of her latest essays on culture, previously uncollected, from the last decade and a half of her life.
Mary Douglas¿s literary executor, Richard Fardon, is Professor of West African Anthropology at SOAS, University of London. A former student of Mary Douglas, his intellectual biography of her was published by Routledge in 1999, and updated by a Memoir in the Proceedings of the British Academy Memoir, 2010.
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Introduction: How Cultures Precipitate Risk and Resolution - Richard Fardon PART ONE: CULTURAL THEORY The Language of Emotions in the Social Sciences Emotion and Culture in Theories of Justice Institutions: Problems of Theory Four Cultures: The Evolution of a Parsimonious Model PART TWO: CULTURE AND CLIMATE Human Needs and Wants - with Des Gasper, Steven Ney and Michael Thompson Is Time Running out? The Case of Global Warming - with Michael Thompson and Marco Verweij Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World: The Case of Climate Change - with Marco Verweij et al An Aesthetic View of the Relation between Culture and Nature Postscript: The Future of Clumsiness - Christoph Engel, Michael Thompson and Marco Verweij PART THREE: INSTITUTIONALIZED RISKS The Risks of the Risk Officer Dangerization and the End of Deviance: The Institutional Environment - with Michalis Lianos Postscript - Michalis Lianos Terrorism: A Positive Feedback Game - with Gerald Mars Postscript - Gerald Mars Being Fair to Hierarchists Traditional Culture: Let¿s Hear no More about It Endpiece: The Selfish Giant - Oscar Wilde
Introduction: How Cultures Precipitate Risk and Resolution - Richard Fardon PART ONE: CULTURAL THEORY The Language of Emotions in the Social Sciences Emotion and Culture in Theories of Justice Institutions: Problems of Theory Four Cultures: The Evolution of a Parsimonious Model PART TWO: CULTURE AND CLIMATE Human Needs and Wants - with Des Gasper, Steven Ney and Michael Thompson Is Time Running out? The Case of Global Warming - with Michael Thompson and Marco Verweij Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World: The Case of Climate Change - with Marco Verweij et al An Aesthetic View of the Relation between Culture and Nature Postscript: The Future of Clumsiness - Christoph Engel, Michael Thompson and Marco Verweij PART THREE: INSTITUTIONALIZED RISKS The Risks of the Risk Officer Dangerization and the End of Deviance: The Institutional Environment - with Michalis Lianos Postscript - Michalis Lianos Terrorism: A Positive Feedback Game - with Gerald Mars Postscript - Gerald Mars Being Fair to Hierarchists Traditional Culture: Let¿s Hear no More about It Endpiece: The Selfish Giant - Oscar Wilde
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