Purity and Danger
by Mary Douglas
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Purity and Danger Summary
| Various points are raised in this book which illuminate matters in the philosophy of religion and science, showing us why and how anthropology has become such an intellectual disapline. This is both gracefully and comprehensively written. |
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| <P>In <i>Purity and Danger</i> 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 <i>Routledge Classics</i> edition will ensure that <i>Purity and Danger</i> continues to challenge and question well into the new millennium.</P> |
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