ISBN:
9780415314541
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (241 p)
Edition:
3rd ed
Series Statement:
Routledge Classics
Parallel Title:
Print version Natural Symbols : Explorations in Cosmology
DDC:
302.2/22
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
One of the most important works of modern anthropology. Written against the backdrop of the student uprisings of the late 1960s, the book took seriously the revolutionary fervour of the times, but instead of seeking to destroy the rituals and symbols that can govern and oppress, Mary Douglas saw instead that if transformation were needed, it could only be made possible through better understanding. Expressed with clarity and dynamism, the passionate analysis which follows remains one of the most insightful and rewarding studies of human behaviour ever written
Description / Table of Contents:
Mary Douglas Natural Symbols Explorations in cosmology; Copyright; Contents; List of Diagrams; Acknowledgements; Introduction to 1996 Edition; Introduction; 1 Away from ritual; 2 To inner experience; 3 The Bog Irish; 4 Grid and group; 5 The two bodies; 6 Test cases; 7 The problem of evil; 8 Impersonal rules; 9 Control of symbols; 10 Out of the cave; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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