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

Name: Purity and Danger
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415289955
Price: 3400 KES
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ISBN: 9780415289955

by Mary Douglas

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Routledge Classics

ISBN-10 0415289955

ISBN-13 9780415289955

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 12th, 2002

Print length 272 Pages

Weight 294 grams

Dimensions 19.80 x 13.00 x 1.50 cms

Product Classification: Ethical issues, topics and debates Ethical issues & debates Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social and cultural anthropology

KSh 3,400.00

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With a specially commissioned preface by the author which assesses the continuing significance of the work, this Routledge Classics edition will ensure that Purity and Danger continues to challenge, question and inspire for many years to come.

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 influential in many areas of debate – from religion to social theory. With a specially commissioned preface by the author which assesses the continuing significance of the work, this Routledge Classics edition will ensure that Purity and Danger continues to challenge, question and inspire for many years to come.

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