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  • Douglas, Professor Mary
  • Hoboken : Taylor and Francis  (5)
  • Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest  (2)
  • 1
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    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
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    Florence : Taylor and Francis | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9781136489204
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (200 pages)
    DDC: 390
    Abstract: 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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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    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: First published in 1970, this classic text represents a work of anthropology in its widest sense, exploring themes such as the social meaning of natural symbols and the image of the body in society
    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
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415205535
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (343 p)
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Parallel Title: Print version Implicit Meanings
    DDC: 301
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    Abstract: 〈EM〉Implicit Meanings 〈/EM〉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 on anthropological thought, such as food, pollution, risk, animals and myth. The papers in this text demonstrate the importance of seeking to understand beliefs and practices that are implicit and a priori within what might seem to be alien cultures
    Description / Table of Contents: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415138253
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (222 p)
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Parallel Title: Print version Natural Symbols
    DDC: 302.2/22
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This classic text represents a work of anthropology in the widest sense, exploring themes such as the social meaning of natural symbols and the image of the body in society. With a new, and highly topical introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of diagrams; Acknowledgements; Introduction to 1996 edition; Introduction; Away from ritual; To inner experience; The Bog Irish; Grid and group; The two bodies; Test cases; The problem of evil; Impersonal rules; Control of symbols; Out of the cave; Bibliography; Index
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415119993
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (336 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Risk and Blame : Essays in Cultural Theory
    DDC: 302.12
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    Abstract: Risk and danger are culturally conditioned ideas. They are shaped by pressures of social life and accepted notions of accountability. The risk analyses that are increasingly being utilised by politicians, aid programmes and business ignore the insights to be gained from social anthropology which can be applied to modern industrial society.In this collection of recent essays, Mary Douglas develops a programme for studying risk and blame that follows from ideas originally proposed in Purity and Danger. She suggests how political and cultural bias can be incorporated into the study of risk percep
    Description / Table of Contents: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; RISK AND BLAME; RISK AND JUSTICE; RISK AND DANGER; MUFFLED EARS; WITCHCRAFT AND LEPROSY: TWO STRATEGIES FOR REJECTION; THE SELF AS RISK-TAKER: A CULTURAL THEORY OF CONTAGION IN RELATION TO AIDS; THE NORMATIVE DEBATE AND THE ORIGINS OF CULTURE; WANTS; NO FREE GIFTS: INTRODUCTION TO MAUSS'S ESSAY ON THE GIFT; INSTITUTIONS OF THE THIRD KIND: BRITISH AND SWEDISH LABOUR MARKETS COMPARED; AUTONOMY AND OPPORTUNISM; THOUGHT STYLE EXEMPLIFIED: THE IDEA OF THE SELF; CREDIBILITY; A CREDIBLE BIOSPHERE; THE DEBATE ON WOMEN PRIESTS
    Description / Table of Contents: THE HOTEL KWILU: A MODEL OF MODELSName index; Subject index
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    London : Taylor and Francis | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
    ISBN: 9780203430866
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (336 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    DDC: 302/.12
    Abstract: Risk and danger are culturally conditioned ideas. They are shaped by pressures of social life and accepted notions of accountability. The risk analyses that are increasingly being utilised by politicians, aid programmes and business ignore the insights to be gained from social anthropology which can be applied to modern industrial society. In this collection of recent essays, Mary Douglas develops a programme for studying risk and blame that follows from ideas originally proposed in Purity and Danger. She suggests how political and cultural bias can be incorporated into the study of risk perception and in the discussion of responsibility in public policy.
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