Mary Douglas

Purity and Danger (eBook, ePUB)

An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In Purity and Danger Mary Douglas identifies the concern for purity as a key theme at the heart of every society. In lively and lucid prose she explains its relevance for every reader by revealing its wide-ranging impact on our attitudes to society, values, cosmology and knowledge. The book has been hugely influential in many areas of debate - from religion to social theory. But perhaps its most important role is to offer each reader a new explanation of why people behave in the way they do. With a specially commissioned introduction by the author which assesses the continuing significance of the work thirty-five years on, this Routledge Classics edition will ensure that Purity and Danger continues to challenge and question well into the new millennium.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134438235
• Artikelnr.: 38402092

Autorenporträt

Dame Mary Douglas (1921-2007), was one of the most distinguished British social anthropologists known for her works on human culture, symbolism and risk.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Ritual Uncleanness
Chapter 2 Secular Defilement
Chapter 3 The Abominations of Leviticus
Chapter 4 Magic and Miracle
Chapter 5 Primitive Worlds
Chapter 6 Powers and Dangers
Chapter 7 External Boundaries
Chapter 8 Internal Lines
Chapter 9 The System at War with Itself
Chapter 10 The System Shattered and Renewed