Mary Douglas, Mary Douglas

Purity and Danger

An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Purity and Danger is acknowledged as a modern masterpiece of anthropology. It is widely cited in non-anthropological works and gave rise to a body of application, rebuttal and development within anthropology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 392g
• ISBN-13: 9780415291057
• ISBN-10: 0415291054
• Artikelnr.: 21755087

Autorenporträt

Professor Mary Douglas, Mary Douglas

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Ritual Uncleanness
Chapter 2 Secular Defilement
Chapter 3 The Abominations of Leviticus
Chapter 4 Magic and Miracle
Chapter 5 Primitive Worlds
Chapter 6 Powers and Dangers
Chapter 7 External Boundaries
Chapter 8 Internal Lines
Chapter 9 The System at War with Itself
Chapter 10 The System Shattered and Renewed