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Purity and Danger by Mary Douglas

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Part of Routledge Classics series

Summary

With a specially commissioned preface by the author which assesses the continuing significance of the work, this Routledge Classics edition will ensure that Purity and Danger continues to challenge, question and inspire for many years to come.

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Purity and Danger by Mary Douglas

In this classic work Mary Douglas identifies the concern for pirity as a key theme at the heart of every society. She reveals its wide-ranging impact on our attitudes tp society, values, cosmology and knowledge.

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"Professor Douglas writes gracefully, lucidly and polemicallyShe continually makes points which illuminate matters in the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of science and help to show the rest of us just why and how anthropology has become a fundamentally intellectual discipline." - New Society

"Professor Douglas' book sparkles with intellectual life and is characterised by a concern to understand. Right or wrong, sound or idiosyncratic, it presents a rare and exciting spectacle of a mind at work." - Times Literary Supplement

Dame Mary Douglas (1921-2007), was one of the most distinguished British social anthropologists known for her works on human culture, symbolism and risk.
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ISBN 13 9780415289955
ISBN 10 0415289955
Title Purity and Danger
Author Mary Douglas
Series Routledge Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2002-09-12
Number of pages 272
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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