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ISBN: 9780415289955 - Purity and Danger Purity and Danger
Mary Douglas

ISBN10: 0415289955  ISBN13: 9780415289955
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 12 Sep 2002
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... More

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ISBN: 9780415314541 - Natural Symbols Natural Symbols
Mary Douglas

ISBN10: 0415314542  ISBN13: 9780415314541
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Aug 2003
"Natural Symbols" is one of the most important works of modern anthropology. First published over thirty years ago, the work presaged many of the most controversial areas of intellectual debate, exploring themes such as the social meaning of... More

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ISBN: 9780415684781 - How Institutions Think How Institutions Think
Mary Douglas

ISBN10: 0415684781  ISBN13: 9780415684781
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 30 Aug 2012
First published in 1986 Mary Douglas' theory of institutions uses the sociological theories of Emile Durkheim and Ludwig Fleck to determine not only how institutions think, but also the extent to which thinking itself is dependent upon institutions. More

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ISBN: 9780415668736 - In the Active Voice In the Active Voice
Mary Douglas

ISBN10: 0415668735  ISBN13: 9780415668736
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 15 Oct 2012
First published in 1982, this collection of essays is a reproach to a form of the sociology of religion that treats people as the passive objects of impersonal social influences. In opposition to this, the author seeks to assert an active voice... More

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ISBN: 9780300167856 - Thinking in Circles Thinking in Circles
Mary Douglas

ISBN10: 0300167857  ISBN13: 9780300167856
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Oct 2010
Found in the Bible and in writings from as far afield as Egypt, China, Indonesia, Greece, and Russia, ring composition is too widespread to have come from a single source. Does it perhaps derive from the way the brain works? This title examines... More

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ISBN: 9780199244195 - Leviticus as Literature Leviticus as Literature
Mary Douglas

ISBN10: 0199244197  ISBN13: 9780199244195
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 08 Mar 2001
This first full-scale account of Leviticus by a world renowned anthropologist presents the biblical work as a literary masterpiece. Seen in an anthropological perspective Leviticus has a mystical structure which plots the book into three parts... More

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ISBN: 9780415205542 - Implicit Meanings Implicit Meanings
Mary Douglas

ISBN10: 0415205549  ISBN13: 9780415205542
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 22 Jul 1999
This new edition of a classic work, first published to great acclaim in 1975, provides an excellent introduction to the thought of social anthropologist Mary Douglas. The author has now revised the text to include additional chapters and a new... More

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ISBN: 9780520050631 - Risk and Culture Risk and Culture
Mary Douglas, Aaron Wildavsky

ISBN10: 0520050630  ISBN13: 9780520050631
Publisher: University of California Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 27 Oct 1983

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ISBN: 9780415679527 - How Institutions Think How Institutions Think
Mary Douglas

ISBN10: 0415679524  ISBN13: 9780415679527
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 29 Jun 2011
First published in 1986 Mary Douglas' theory of institutions uses the sociological theories of Emile Durkheim and Ludwig Fleck to determine not only how institutions think, but also the extent to which thinking itself is dependent upon institutions. More

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ISBN: 9780415119993 - Risk and Blame Risk and Blame
Mary Douglas Douglas, Mary

ISBN10: 0415119995  ISBN13: 9780415119993
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 Nov 1994
"Risk and Blame" Mary Douglas suggests that the prominence of risk discourse will force upon the social sciences a program of rethinking and consolidation which will include the anthropological approaches studied in these pages. The range of this... More