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Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (Routledge Classics (Paperback)) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Purity and DangerIn 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.
Full description- Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
- Published: 15 November 2002
- Format: Paperback 272 pages
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- Categories: Ethical Issues & Debates | Sociology: Customs & Traditions | Social & Cultural Anthropology
- ISBN 13: 9780415289955 ISBN 10: 0415289955
- Sales rank: 23,515
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Full description for Purity and Danger
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.
