Purity and danger : an analysis of concept of pollution and taboo / Mary Douglas ; with a new preface by the author.

Main entry:

Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.

Title & Author:

Purity and danger : an analysis of concept of pollution and taboo / Mary Douglas ; with a new preface by the author.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Description:

xxi, 244 pages ; 20 cm.

Series:

Routledge classics

Notes:
Originally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1966.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index.
1. Ritual Uncleanness -- 2. Secular Defilement -- 3. Abnormalities of Leviticus -- 4. Magic and Miracle -- 5. Primitive Worlds -- 6. Powers and Dangers -- 7. External Boundaries -- 8. Internal Lines -- 9. System at War with Itself -- 10. System Shattered and Renewed.

Summary:

"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. This 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 preface 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 millenium."--Jacket.

Resources:
Publisher description
Publisher description
2005.

ISBN:

0415289955 (pbk.)
9780415289955 (pbk.)
9780203361832
0203361830
9781280195334
1280195339

Subject:

Taboo.
Purity, Ritual.
Tabou.
Pureté rituelle.
taboo.
Tabu
Ritual
Kultische Reinheit
Reinheid.
Verontreiniging.
Taboes.
Antropologische aspecten.
Reinheit (Relig.)
Gefahr.

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Routledge classics.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316567
Call No.: 316567
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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