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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. 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 Classics edition will ensure that Purity and Danger continues to challenge and question well into the new millennium.
| ISBN | 0415289955 | | Weight (grammes) | 294 | | ISBN13 | 9780415289955
(What's this?) | | Published in | London | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Series editor | Osborne, Neville N., Osborne, Neville N., Osborne, Neville N. | | Imprint | Routledge | | Series ISSN | 0956-463 | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Routledge Classics | | Publication date | 12 Sep 2002 | | Previous ISBN | 9780415066082 | | Library of Congress | 2002031673 | | Height (mm) | 198 | | DEWEY | 390 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Spine width (mm) | 22 | | Pages | 272 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | Volumes | 1 | |
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| | | Acknowledgements | | | | | | Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition | | | | | | Introduction | | 1 | | 1 | | Ritual Uncleanness | | 8 | | 2 | | Secular Defilement | | 36 | | 3 | | The Abnormalities of Leviticus | | 51 | | 4 | | Magic and Miracle | | 72 | | 5 | | Primitive Worlds | | 91 | | 6 | | Powers and Dangers | | 117 | | 7 | | External Boundaries | | 141 | | 8 | | Internal Lines | | 160 | | 9 | | The System at War with Itself | | 173 | | 10 | | The System Shattered and Renewed | | 196 | | | | Bibliography | | 221 | | | | Index | | 227 |
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