(P/B) PURITY AND DANGER

Παρουσίαση

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. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE TO THE ROUTLEDGE CLASSICS
EDITION
Introduction
Ritual Uncleanness
Secular Defilement
The Abominations of Leviticus
Magic and Miracle
Primitive Worlds
Powers and Dangers
External Boundaries
Internal Lines
The System at War with Itself
The System Shattered and Renewed
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX