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Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo
About this book
In Purity and DangerMary 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 Classicsedition will ensure that Purity and Dangercontinues to challenge and question well into the new millennium.
Book Details
| ISBN13 | 9780415289955 |
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| ISBN10 | 0415289955 |
| Series/Work | OL14865922W View on OpenLibrary |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 278 |
| Created At | January 30, 2025 |
| Updated At | January 30, 2025 |
| Last OL update | January 18, 2025 |