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Purity and Danger

Paperback • 1966

Purity and Danger

By Mary Douglas

5 Ratings • 4.6 of 5

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About the book

Is cleanliness next to godliness? What does such a concept really mean? Why does it recur as a universal theme across all societies? And what are the implications for the unclean? 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 influenti...Show more

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9780415289955

Published year

1966

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