Pocket • 1966 • Engelsk

Purity and Danger An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

Name: Purity and Danger An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo
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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 influentia...Vis mer

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9780415066082

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Routledge

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1966

Språk

Engelsk

Originaltittel

Purity and Danger An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

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Pocket

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